Allgaier Gambit
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Starting position of the Allgaier gambit after 5. Nf3 – g5
The Allgaier Gambit is an opening variant in chess . In the system of ECO codes , the Gambit is classified under the key C39. It is named after the chess master Johann Allgaier , who published an analysis of the gambit in 1819 .
The Allgaier Gambit results from the King Jumper Gambit after the moves:
- 1. e2 – e4 e7 – e5
- 2. f2-f4 e5xf4
- 3. Ng1-f3 g7-g5
- 4. h2-h4 g5-g4
- 5. Nf3 – g5 (as an alternative to 5. Nf3 – e5, the Kieseritzky gambit )
Now 5.… f7 – f6 would be a mistake that weakens the diagonal h5 – e8 (White wins after 6. Qd1xg4 f6xg5 7. Qg4 – h5 + Ke8 – e7 8. Qh5xg5 + Ng8 – f6 9. e4 – e5 the knight back, 8 .… Ke7 – e8 9. Qg5 – h5 + along with Qe5 + even improves quality ).
Carl Schlechter suggested 5.… Ng8 – f6.
5.… d5 was Ponziani's idea.
After 5.… h7 – h6 the piece sacrifice 6. Ng5xf7 Kg8xf7 is forced. White can then continue the attack with 7. Bf1 – c4 + d7 – d5 8. Bc4xd5 + Kf7 – g7 9. d2 – d4 (9. Bd5xb7 f4 – f3!) Or 7. d2 – d4.
Also possible is the train 7. Sb1-c3, after which the answer Nb8-c6 in the Hamppe-Allgaier gambit on forwards , which also from the Vienna Game arise (can 1. e2-e4 e7-e5 2. Sb1-c3 Nb8 –C6 3. f2 – f4 etc.) and goes back to Carl Hamppe . Glazkov recommends 7.… f4 – f3 8. d2 – d4 Bf8 – e7, 7.… Nf6 is even stronger.
The prevailing view is that the figure gambit is incorrect. In practice, however, White receives a strong attack on the king, which Black takes some effort to defend against.
Web links
- Tim Harding: Not Quite Winning with the Allgaier Gambit (Part I) ( Memento from July 22, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 174 kB; English)
- Tim Harding: Last Rites for the Allgaier Gambit? (Part II) ( Memento from November 5, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) (PDF; 120 kB; English)
literature
- Paul Rudolf von Bilguer , Tassilo von Heydebrand and the Lasa. With the supplement by Jacques Mieses and the addendum by Hans Kmoch : Handbuch des Schachspiels , Edition Olms: Zürich 1983 (reprint of the Berlin and Leipzig editions 1922–1930). ISBN 3-283-00103-0
- Paul Keres : three knights game to the king's gambit. Sportverlag, Berlin 1977, 4th edition, pp. 249-254.
- John Shaw : The King's Gambit. Quality Chess, Glasgow 2014, pp. 200–202, ISBN 978-1-906552-74-9 (English)