Does anyone know a way to create an opening repertoire by playing only or mostly gambit openings?
Just play and the outcomes of your games will show which openings are best for you.
If you want to play mostly gambits then the kings gambit, blackmar-diemer gambit, and smith-morra gambit are commonly available for white after 1. e4 and 1. d4.
Not sure for black though...
Others are here en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_chess_gambits
Not sure for black though...
Others are here en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_chess_gambits
Halloween Gambit is very cool!
Just one comment- you do realize not all gambits are the same?
Some are correct, some are not, some try to imbalance the position, some to get a positional compensation, some have tactical nuances, some strategical ones.
So are you looking for an agressive repertoire (which may contain gambits for development), or looking for imbalances (then play rather najdorf sicilian e.g.) and so on.
So define first what you are really looking for my friend ;)
[Example: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 0-0 5.a3 Bxc3 6.Qxc3 b5!? 7.cxb5 c6 is also a gambit, but far anything close to the central gambit 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3]
Some are correct, some are not, some try to imbalance the position, some to get a positional compensation, some have tactical nuances, some strategical ones.
So are you looking for an agressive repertoire (which may contain gambits for development), or looking for imbalances (then play rather najdorf sicilian e.g.) and so on.
So define first what you are really looking for my friend ;)
[Example: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 0-0 5.a3 Bxc3 6.Qxc3 b5!? 7.cxb5 c6 is also a gambit, but far anything close to the central gambit 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3]
The Marshall Gambit (usually called the Marshall Attack) in the Ruy Lopez is a good one. By sacrificing a pawn, Black pretty much guarantees a draw because the positional ramifications are well worth the material. Attacking top-level players have come up with anti-Marshall systems as White specifically because of this.
I'm just looking for ways to get some initiative, quick development and so on. The weebly website was really helpful in finding stuff to play.
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