The Latvian Gambit: Accepted, Bilguer & Leonhardt Variation Opening

Submitted by Wibee on Mon, 01/05/2009 at 4:15pm.

This would be the third opening, I would learn, it was used by 1 of my opponent. The name itself sounds challenging :)

This was under a different title namely "The Latvian Counter Gambit Opening". It turns out the counter gambit is not the official/proper name, the counter just means a way to deal with the Latvian Gambit. The official name is the one stated above, there are two variations the Bilguer and the Leonhardt Variations.

The Latvian Gambit itself is:

While The Latvian Gambit: Accepted goes like this:

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by Wibee - 10 months ago
Jakarta Indonesia

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Really, I'll have to check that out, out of the three opening I'm learning right now this looks like the most complicated :)

by Huninmunin - 10 months ago
Vancouver, WA United States

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I am playing a tournament with this opening (Boog's Latvian Gambit). You should check out some of the games. This opening is very dangerous for both black and white if not played carefully. But it is fast paced and fun. : )

by Wibee - 10 months ago
Jakarta Indonesia

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The first variation to counter the accepted Latvian Gambit, is the Bilguer Variation:

The second one is the Leonhardt Variation:

by kid_of_chess - 10 months ago
Ottawa,Ontario Canada

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I've always wondered how to respond for Black to 3.Nxe5

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