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The Franco-Hiva Gambit Sword of Vengeance (Part 2) (Just in case you missed it, here is Part One) Franco-Hiva Gambit Declined Your opponents will not always take the gambit pawns at f5, e6 and at d7. In fact they may not take any of the pawns starting with the pawn at f5. Listed below are examples of this occurring. A. WHITE DOES NOT TAKE ANY PAWNS Line 1: 1.e4 e6 2.d4 f5 3.e5
This is probably the most common declined line that you will see played against the Franco-Hiva Gambit. Black gets in 3...d6 and puts pressure on the White center. If White plays 4.f4 then Black has 4...dxe5. At this point White has to decide whether he captures back the pawn with either 5.dxe4 or 5.fxe5. If 5.dxe5 then Black can choose to exchange Queens. If 5.fxe5 then Black has 5...Qh4+ and could win a R if 6.g3 Qe4+ or play 6.Ke2 Qe4+. If 7.Be3 then White drops a B to 7...f4. White could also play 4.Nf3 after Black plays 3...d6. Zt (1861) – Evilone (2045) Internet Chess Club 3/18/00 Game 15m 1. e4 e6
2. d4 f5 3. e5 d6 4. f4 dxe5 5. dxe5
{White could play 5.fxe5 instead.} Qxd1+ 6. Kxd1 Nc6 {Fritz8
suggested 6...Nh6.} 7. Nf3 Bd7 8. c3 O-O-O 9. Kc2 Be7 10. Be3 Nh6 11. h3
Nf7 12. Nbd2 h6 13. h4 Rhg8 14. a4 g5 15. hxg5 hxg5 16. a5 a6 {I could
not allow White to play a6 because this would surely weaken my castled
position.} 17. Nc4 gxf4 18. Bxf4 Ng5 19. Bxg5 Bxg5 20. Rh7 Nb8 21. b3 Bc6
22. Nd4 Bd5 23. Re1 Nc6 24. Nxc6 Bxc6 25. Re2 Be4+ 26. Kb2 Rd1 27. Rxe4
(27. Rh1 Bd3 28. Rf2 Rd8 29. Ka2 Bxc4 30. bxc4 Be3 31. Re2 Bc5 32. g3 b6 33.
Kb3 Rg8 34. Ra2 Rxg3 35. Rh8+ Kd7 36. Rh7+ Ke8 37. Rxc7 Rb1+ 38. Rb2 Rxb2+
39. Kxb2 Rf3 40. axb6 Rf2+ 41. Kb3 Bxb6 42. Rc6 Rxf1 43. c5 Ba7 44. Rxe6+
Kd7 45. Rd6+ Kc8 46. e6 Re1 47. Rxa6 Bb8 48. Kc4 f4 49. Kb5 f3 50. e7 Kd7
51. Rf6 Rf1 52. e8=Q+ Kxe8 53. Kc6 Ke7 54. Rf5 Bg3 55. Rd5 f2 56. Rd3 Re1
57. Rf3 Re6+ 58. Kd5 Rf6 59. Rxf2 Bxf2 60. Kc4 {-+ 8.75 Black is lost.})
27... fxe4 28. Be2 Rd7 29. Rh5 Rf7 30. Bg4 Kd7 31. Bh3 Rf2+ 32. Ka3 Be7+ 33.
b4 Rg3 34. Kb3 e3 35. Rh6 (35. Na3 Rd2 36. Rh6 e2 37. Bxe6+ Ke8 38. Rh8+
Bf8 39. Rh1 Rd1 40. Bc4 Rxh1 41. Bxe2 Bg7 42. Bf3 Bxe5 43. Nc4 Bg7 44. Nd2
b5 45. Ne4 Rg6 46. Nc5 Ke7 {-+ 5.75 Black should win but it will be a bit
difficult.}) 35... e2 36. Bxe6+ Ke8 37. Bd5 e1=Q {White forfeits on
time} 0-1 Hauni (1913) – Evilone (2046) Playchess.com 8/19/04 Game 6m 1. e4 e6 2. d4 f5 3. e5 d6 4. f4 dxe5 5. fxe5 Qh4+ 6. Ke2 (6. g3 Qe4+ {White drops the R.}) 6... Nc6 7. Nf3 Qh5 8. Be3 Bd7 9. Nbd2 O-O-O 10. c3 h6 11. Kf2 g5 12. Nb3 f4 13. Bd2 Be7 14. Bd3 Rf8 15. Rf1 g4 16. Ne1? {This was probably the key error by White. Now White's K will come under strong attack.} (16. Kg1 {This was recommended by Fritz8. At least White's K still survives but being down a piece will eventually lose the game for White.}) 16... g3+ 17. hxg3 fxg3+
18. Ke3
Bg5+ 19. Ke4 Qh4+ 20. Bf4 Rxf4+ 21. Rxf4 (21. Ke3 Rf2#) 21... Qxf4#
0-1 Kf (1898) – Evilone (1921) Playchess.com 9/18/04 Game 5m 1. e4 e6
2. d4 f5 3. e5 d6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. Bg5 Nge7 7. exd6 cxd6 8. d5
(8. O-O a6 9. Bc4 Na5 10. Be2 Rc8
11. Re1 Qc7 12. c3 h6 13. Bd2 g5 14. Na3 b5 15. Rc1 g4 16. Nh4 Bg7 17. c4
Qb6 18. c5 dxc5 19. dxc5 Qd8 20. b4 Nac6 {=/+ 0.31 with a slight edge for
Black.}) 8... Qa5+ 9. Nc3 Nxd5 10. Bxc6 Bxc6
11. O-O Nxc3 12. bxc3 Qxc3 13. Nd4 Bd5 14.
Nxf5 Qe5 15. c4 Bc6 (15... Bxc4
16. g4 Bxf1 17. Qxf1 Rc8 18. Rd1 h5 19. f4 Qc5+ 20. Nd4 e5 21. Qb5+ Qxb5 22.
Nxb5 hxg4 23. Nxd6+ Bxd6 24. Rxd6 Rc1+ 25. Kg2 Rc2+ 26. Kg3 exf4+ 27. Bxf4
Rhxh2 28. Kxg4 Rc4 29. Kg3 Rxa2 {-+ 5.47 Black should win this end game.})
16. Qh5+ g6 17. Qh4 Qxf5 18. Bf6 Rg8 19. Qxh7 Qxf6 20. Qxg8 O-O-O 21. Qh7
Qg5 22. f3 (22. Qh3 Kb8 23. Rae1 e5 24. Re3 d5 25. cxd5 Bxd5 26. Rg3 Qf6
27. Qh7 Be4 28. Rc3 Bc6 29. Qh3 Rd7 30. Rf3 Qd8 31. Rb3 Bc5 32. Qg3 Qf6 33.
Rb2 Bd5 34. Rd1 Rd6 35. Rc1 Bd4 36. Re2 g5 37. Qa3 Bc6 38. Rce1 Bb5 39. Rc2
Rc6 40. Rec1 Qf5 41. Rd2 Rxc1+ 42. Qxc1 Bd3 43. h3 Qf4 44. Qd1 e4 45. Rc2 b6
46. Qd2 Kb7 47. Qd1 Be5 48. g3 Qf5 49. Re2 Bd4 {-+ 4.31}) 22... d5 23.
cxd5 exd5 24. Rad1 Bc5+ 25. Kh1 d4 26. Qf7 d3 27. Qe6+ Kb8 28. Rb1 Bb6 29.
Rbd1 d2 30. Qb3 Qa5 31. Qc2 Ba4 32. Qxg6 Bxd1 33. Rxd1 Qa4 34. Qg3+??
(34. Qb1 Qf4 35. Qe4 Qxe4 36. fxe4 Rc8 37. g3 Rc1 {-+ 14.81 and White is
lost.}) 34... Ka8 0-1 Line 2: 1.e4 e6 2.d4 f5 3.Nc3 Razjebov (1920) – Evilone (1949) Playchess.com 5/16/05 Game 5m 1. e4 e6
2. d4 f5 3. Nc3 fxe4 4. f3 {White
is now playing the regular Staunton Gambit where he will also sacrifice the
f pawn.} Bb4 {The Staunton Gambit is a very dangerous gambit.
Hopefully Bb4 slows down Whites attack.} 5. fxe4 ({The following move
recommended by Fritz8 was better than what was played.} 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3
d5 7. Bf4 Ne7 8. fxe4 O-O 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bd2 e5 11. dxe5 Nbc6 12. Qh5 Be6 13.
O-O-O Bf7 14. Qe2 Nxe5 15. exd5 Qd6 {-+1.47}) 5... Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qh4+ 7.
Ke2 (7. g3 Qxe4+ {White drops the R at h1.}) 7... Qxe4+ 8. Be3 Nf6 9.
Nf3 Nd5 10. Qd2 (10. Qd3 {?} Nf4+ {and White's Q drops.}) 10... O-O
11. c4 Nxe3 12. Qxe3 Qxc2+ 13. Nd2 Nc6 14. g3 d6 15. Bg2 Bd7 16. Be4 Qa4 17.
Rhf1 e5 18. Bd5+ Kh8 19. Rxf8+ Rxf8 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Qb3 Bg4+ 22. Ke3 Qa5
23. h3 (23. Qb2 c6 24. Bh1 Qd8 25. h4 Qf6 26. Rf1 Nxc4+ 27. Nxc4 Qxf1
28. Be4 Qxc4 29. Qc2 Qe6 30. Qg2 d5 31. Kd2 dxe4 {-+ White is clearly
lost.}) 23... Qc5+ 24. Ke4 Bf5+ {On 25.Kf4 Bc2+ and White's Q drops.}
0-1 Line 3: 1.e4 e6 2.d4 f5 3.Bd3 Play would continue with 3...fxe4 creating a half open f file, 4.Bxe4 Nf6 attacking the B at e4 4...Bg5 5.d5 or 5.Be7. Or after 4...Nf6 White drops the B back to d3 with 5.Bd3 and now Black plays 5...d5. Black will later play his Bd6 and attempt to get the pawn break e5 in to free his Q side B. Garonpawn (2209) – Evilone (2103) Internet Chess Club 1/17/99 Game 10m. 1. e4 e6 2. d4 f5 3. Bd3 fxe4 4. Bxe4 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. O-O d6 9. Nc3 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qe2 Bd6 12. Nd5 Bg4 13. h3 Bh5 (13... Nd4 14. Nxf6+ gxf6 15. Qe4 Bf5 16. Qd5+ Be6 17. Qe4 Nxf3+ 18. gxf3 Qe7 19. Bh6 f5 20. Qxb7 Rfb8 21. Qa6 Qh4 22. f4 Qxh6 23. Rfe1 Kh8 24. Re3 e4 25. Bf1 Qxf4 26. Rg3 e3 27. Qe2 Rg8 28. Bg2 exf2+ 29. Qxf2 Rxg3 {-+ 14.28}) 14. Bxf6 gxf6 15. Bf5 Nd4 16. Qe3 (16. Qe4 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Kh8 18. Rad1 c6 19. Ne3 Qc7 20. Kh1 Rae8 21. c3 Nxf5 22. Nxf5 Bc5 23. b4 Bb6 24. c4 Qf7 25. c5 Bc7 26. Rg1 Qe6 27. Rg7 Rf7 28. Qg4 Qxf5 29. Rxf7 Qxg4 30. hxg4 {+- 5.94}) 16... Nxf5 17. Qb3 Bf7 18. Qxb7 Rb8 19. Qc6 e4 20. Ne1 Be8 21. Qc4 Kh8 22. Qxe4 Ne7 23. Nxe7 Bxe7 24. Nd3 Bd6 25. Rad1 Bg6 26. Qa4 Qc8 27. Qxa7 Ra8 28. Qd4 Rxa2 29. Nf4 Be5 30. Qc4 Rxb2 31. Nxg6+ hxg6 32. f4 Bd6 33. f5 g5 34. Rfe1 Re8 35. Re6 Rxe6 36. fxe6 Rb4 37. Qd5 Kg7 38. c4 Qb8 39. h4 Qb6+ 40. Kh1 Qf2 41. hxg5 Qh4+ 42. Kg1 Qxg5 43. Qxg5+ fxg5 44. e7 Bxe7 45. Kh2 Bd6+ 46. Kh3 Rxc4
47. g4
Rc3+ 48. Kg2 Rg3+ 49. Kh1 Rxg4 50. Rf1 Rf4 51. Re1 Kf6 52. Re8 c5 0-1 Capricor-n (1904) – Evilone (1898) Playchess.com 5/31/05 Game 5m. 1. e4 e6
2. d4 f5 3. Bd3 fxe4 4. Bxe4 Nf6 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. c3
{If 7.Nc3 I can play 7...c4 which puts Whites
B on a defensive square.} Nc6 8. dxc5 Bxc5 = 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 Qe8 11.
Bc2 Qh5 12. Nbd2 Bd6 13. h3 e5 14. Bxf6 Rxf6 15. Nh2 Qh6 16. Nb3 Be6 17. Ng4
Bxg4 18. Qxg4 (18. Qxd5+ Be6 19. Qxd6 Bc4 20. Qd2 Bxf1 21. Qxh6 Rxh6 22.
Kxf1 Rd6 23. Nc5 b6 24. Ne4 Rg6 25. Nd2 Rd6 26. Nc4 Rf6 27. Re1 Rd8 =)
18... Rf4 19. Qd7 Rf7 20. Qg4 Raf8 21. Rae1 e4 22. Nd4 Ne5 23. Qe2 Nf3+ 24.
Nxf3 exf3 25. Qe3 Qh5 26. Qd3 fxg2 27. Kxg2 Qg5+ (27... Rf6 28. Bb3 Rf5
29. f4 Bxf4 30. Rd1 Kh8 31. Qf3 Qg6+ 32. Kh1 Bd6 33. Qg2 Rxf1+ 34. Rxf1
Rxf1+ 35. Qxf1 Qg3 36. Qg2 Qe1+ 37. Qg1 Qe4+ 38. Qg2 Qb1+ 39. Qg1 Qxb2 40.
Bxd5 Qxc3 41. Bg2 b6 42. Bf1 g6 {-+ 2.28}) 28. Kh1 g6 29. Qe3 Qh4
30. b4 Rf3 31. Qe6+ Kg7 32. Re3
(32. Qd7+ Kh6 33. Re3 Rxf2 34. Qg7+ Kxg7 35. Rxf2 Qxf2 36. Re7+ Kg8 37. Rg7+
Kxg7 38. Bxg6 Qf1#) 32... Qf4 33. Qd7+ Kh6 34. Qxd6 {White could not
guard his h2 square. This only delays the end.} Qxd6 35. Kg2 Qf4 36. Bd1
Rxf2+ 37. Rxf2 Qxf2+ 38. Kh1 Qxe3 0-1 Line 4: 1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 f5 3.Nc3 White develops his 2 Knights very early. Abba26 (1888) – Evilone (1950) Playchess.com 5/29/05 Game 5m 1. e4 e6
2. Nf3 f5 3. Nc3 fxe4 4. Nxe4 d5 5. Nc3 Bd6 6. d4 Nf6 7. Bg5 O-O 8. Bd3 a6
9. O-O c5 10. b3 Nc6 (10... cxd4
11. Nxd4 Qc7 12. Qe1 Be5 13. Nce2 Nc6 14. Nxc6 bxc6 15. Rc1 Bxh2+ 16. Kh1
Bd6 17. c4 Ba3 18. Rc2 Ng4 19. Ng3 h6 20. Be2 Nxf2+ 21. Rxf2 Rxf2 22. Qxf2
hxg5 23. cxd5 Qf4 24. Qxf4 gxf4 25. Nh5 cxd5 26. Bg4 Kf7 27. Nxf4 Ke7 28.
Nxd5+ exd5 29. Bxc8 Kd6 30. g4 {-/+ 0.69}) 11. Ne2
h6 12. Bh4 Bd7 13. c3 Qe8 14. Qc2 e5
{Black gets in the freeing move e5. This will facilitate Blacks
development.} 15. Bh7+ Nxh7 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nxe5 Bxe5 18. Rae1 Qh5 19.
Bg3 Bxg3 20. Nxg3 Qg5 21. Re3
Rae8 22. Rd3 Bc6 23. b4 c4 24. Rd4 Nf6 25. a4 b5 26. axb5 axb5 27. f4 Qh4
28. Nf5 Qh5 29. h3 Re2 30. Qb1
(30. Qd1 Bd7 31. Rxd5 Nxd5 32. Qxd5+ Kh7 33. Qxd7 Rxf5 34. g4 Rd5 35. gxh5
Rxd7 36. Rc1 {-+ 7.78}) 30... Rfe8 31. Ng3 Qh4 32. Nxe2 Rxe2 33. Qf5
(33. Qd1 Re3 34. f5 Qg3 35. Qd2 Ne4 36. Qc2 Rxc3 37. Qd1 Qe3+ 38. Kh2 Nf2
39. Qd2 Qe5+ 40. Kg1 Ne4 41. Rxe4 dxe4 42. f6 Rd3 43. Qe2 Qd4+ 44. Kh1 Rxh3+
45. gxh3 e3+ 46. Kg1 Qe4 47. Qf3 Qxf3 48. Rxf3 Bxf3 {-+ 31.69 Black is won
according to Fritz8.}) 33... Qg3 34. Qc8+ Be8 0-1 Line 5: 1.e4 e6 2.d3 f5 3.g3 A King's Indian Attack type of White Setup. Hugo Paul (2011) – Evilone (1947) Playchess.com 2/28/05 Game 5m + 3s 1. e4 e6
2. d3 f5 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Nc3
{White has a Kings Indian Attack setup.} Bc5 6. Nge2 O-O 7. O-O Ng4 8. d4
Bb6 9. h3 Nf6 10. e5 Ne8 11. f4 d6 12. Kh2 d5 {At this point I decided
to play a closed game. Opening the game would favor White.} 13. Be3 Nb4
14. Bf3 Qe7 15. a3 Na6 16. b4 {White even blocks my freeing move c5.}
c6 17. Na4 Bd8 18. Rg1 Kh8 19. g4 fxg4 20. hxg4 b6 21. Ng3 Bd7 22. c3 c5 23.
bxc5 bxc5 24. Nxc5 Nxc5 25. dxc5 {I dropped a pawn but the c pawns are
doubled.} Rb8 26. Bd4 Nc7 27. Qc2 Nb5 28. f5 Nxd4 29. cxd4 exf5 30. gxf5
Qh4+ 31. Kg2 Qxd4 32. Ne2 (32. Rae1 {Guarding the e pawn would be bad
for White.} Rb2) 32... Qxe5 {-+ 3.59 Black is up according to Fritz8,
but there is still a lot of play left when my opponent resigned. His King
position does not look very safe and he could drop more pawns.} 0-1 B. WHITE ONLY TAKES THE f5 PAWN White takes only the f5 pawn, pushes c4 and plays g4 attempting a pawn assault down the king side. Beast (2023) – Evilone (2011) USCL Chess Server 3/10/01 1. e4 e6 2. d4 f5 3. exf5 Nf6 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. c4 {The move 5.c4 has rarely been played.} c5 {I did not like my B being moved by c5 so I had to block the c pawn.} 6. g4 {That is interesting, a Kings Gambit type of move.} O-O 7. h4 cxd4 8. g5 Ne8 9. g6 h6 10. Qh5 Nf6 {I need to move White's Q from the h5 square because White will try to his B on the h6 pawn.} 11. Qf3 Nc6 {Thus far I have blocked White's threats and in the mean time my pieces are being slowly developed.} 12. Nh3 Ne5 13. Qe2 Nxd3+ {I have to take out one more attacking piece to make it easier to defend my King side.} 14. Qxd3 e5 15. c5 Qa5+ (15... Bxc5 {This is a bad move since it drops my B.} 16. Qc4+ Kh8 17. Qxc5) 16. Bd2 Qxc5 17. Na3 e4 18. Qb3+ Kh8 19. Rc1 Qxf5 {I still have development problems. My B at c8 and R at a8 are still not in play.} 20. Nb5 Bb8 (20... Be5 {This was better that what I played.}) 21. Nxd4 Qh5 22. Qb4 d6 23. Nf4 Qg4 24. Rc3 a5 25. Qc4 Ba7 26. Rg3 Qd7 27. Nfe6 Rg8 (27... Re8 28. Nc7 d5 29. Qc1 Bxd4 30. Nxa8 Ng4 31. Be3 Nxe3 32. fxe3 Qd6 33. Rg2 Bc5 34. a3 Be6 35. Nc7 Qxc7 36. Qd2 {-+ 5.03 Fritz8}) 28. Rhg1 d5 29. Qc3 Qe7 30. Nc7 Bxd4 31. Qxd4 Qxc7 32. Bxh6 Be6
(32... Nh5
33. Rc3 Qh2 34. Rg5 Nf4 35. Rgg3 Nd3+ 36. Rcxd3 exd3 37. Kd2 Be6 38. Rxd3
Raf8 39. Be3 Bf5 40. Rc3 Bxg6 41. Rc5 Rc8 {-+ 6.06}) 33. Bd2 Rgf8 34. h5
Rae8 35. h6 Bc8 36. Bg5 Qe5 37. Qd2 Nh5 38. R3g2 Nf4 39. Rg3 Nd3+ 40. Kd1
Rxf2 41. hxg7+ Kg8 42. Qc3 Qxc3 43. bxc3 Rxa2 44. Bf6 a4 45. c4 dxc4 46.
Rh1? (46. R1g2 Rxg2 47. Rxg2 e3 48. Rh2 e2+ 49. Kc2 Nb4+ 50. Kb2 a3+
51. Kxa3 Re3+ 52. Ka4 Bd7+ 53. Ka5 b6+ 54. Kxb6 Nd5+ 55. Kc5 Nxf6 56. Rxe2
Rxe2 57. Kxc4 {-+ 15.19 and Black should win.}) Nf2+ 47. Ke1 Nxh1 48. Rg5
Rh2 49. Be5? {White is already lost. This was the final error. I needed
to make sure my King could not be mated, so I made an exchange sac to cut
White's chances.} Rxe5 50. Rxe5 Kxg7 51. Rxe4 b5 52. Kf1 Rh5 (52...
Ng3+ {This move was better that what I had played.} 53. Kg1 Nxe4 54. Kxh2 c3
{-+ it is an easy endgame win.}) 53. Re3 Kxg6 54. Rc3 Be6 {The
endgame is lost. White cannot stop my passed Queen side pawns.} 55. Rc1
Ng3+ 56. Kg2 Rg5 57. Kf2 b4 58. Ke3 a3 59. Kd4 a2 60. Ra1 b3 61. Kc3 Ne2+
62. Kb2 c3+ 63. Ka3 b2 64. Rxa2 Ra5+ 0-1 THE
MUZIO VARIATION There is a new declined line in the Franco-Hiva Gambit. It is a Muzio type of chess opening gambit. In the King's Gambit you have the Muzio Variation which has the moves 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.0-0 and now Black sacs his N at f6 for development and the attack along the f-file. In the following game there occurred the moves 1.e4 e6 2.d4 f5 3.exf5 Nf6 which is the Franco-Hiva Gambit. Black intends to sac the e6 & d7 pawns for further piece development. In this game White surprised me and played a King's Gambit type of move after 4.g4. I therefore had planned to sac my N at f6 like in the King's Gambit Muzio variation and head for a Muzio type of position. Play continued with 4…Be6 5.g5 0-0 and my N is being sacrificed. After looking at the game I believe that my opponent played several second or third best moves during the game and that is why he got into trouble. RCS (1892) – Evilone (1853) Playchess.com 12/5/04 Game 5m 1. e4 e6 2. d4 f5 3. exf5 Nf6 4. g4 {A new line in the Franco-Hiva Gambit.} Bd6 5. g5 O-O {Yes a Muzio type of gambit where I sac the N at f6.} 6. gxf6 Qxf6 7. Be2 {I believe this move is not the best move in this position. Fritz8 recommends either 7.Be3 to guard the f2 square or 7.Nc3 a developing move.} Qxf5 8. Nf3 Nc6 9. Rg1 e5 {I needed to pry open the f file because the square at f2 is weak.} 10. Rg5 Qf6 11. Nc3 Nxd4 12. Ne4 {Best was 12.Rg3 guarding the N at f3.} (12. Nxd4 Qxf2+ 13. Kd2 Qf4+ (13... Qxd4+ 14. Ke1 Qh4+ 15. Rg3 e4 16. Qd5+ Kh8 17. Qg5 Bxg3+ 18. Qxg3 Qxg3+ 19. hxg3 d6 20. Bf4 h6 21. Nxe4 Re8 22. Nf2 {= (-0.03) Fritz8}) 14. Ke1 Qh4+ 15. Rg3 exd4 16. Bc4+ Kh8 17. Ne2 Bxg3+ 18. hxg3 Qh1+ 19. Kd2 Rf1 20. Qxf1 Qxf1 {-+ 5.19 Fritz8}) 12... Nxf3+ 13. Kf1 Qf7 14. Nxd6 cxd6 15. Rg3 {White did not want to exchange Queens starting with 15.Bxf3 Qxf3 16.Qxf3 Rxf3 and now Black would be down 2 pawns in the endgame.} Nd4 16. Be3 Nf5 17. Rf3 d5 18. c3 e4 19. Rh3 {?? This loses to 19...Nxe3+ & White's Q drops. If 20.Rxe3 Qxf2+ mate. Best was 19.Rf4. But even after 19.Rf4 Black was up by 2.41 according to Fritz8.} Nxe3+ 0-1
C. WHITE TAKES ONLY THE TWO PAWNS AT f5 & e6 AND DOES NOT TAKE THE d7 PAWN. This line is actually a Franco-Hiva Gambit Accepted line, but for organization purposes I have included this with the declined lines. Listed below are 5 sample games where White only takes the f5 & e6 pawns. Black has to recapture the White pawn at e6 and get in the pawn push e5 to free his game. Black has to be aware of the fact that White can clog the middle by playing Ne5. Black has to play e5 before White posts his N at e5. Ursa
Major(1855)-Evilone(1827) Playchess.com 2/18/05 Game 5m 1. e4 e6 2. d4 f5 3. exf5 Nf6 (3... exf5 4. Bd3 +/=) 4. Bg5 (4. fxe6 d5 +/-) 4... Bd6 (4... exf5 5. Qe2+ Qe7 6. Bxf6 gxf6 7. Nc3 +/-) 5. Bxf6 (better is 5. fxe6!? dxe6 6. Nf3 +/-) 5... Qxf6 +/= 6. fxe6 O-O 7. Nf3 Nc6 8. Bc4 Kh8 9. Qe2 (9. c3 !? +/-) 9... dxe6 10. c3 {Controls b4} e5 11. dxe5 (better is 11. d5!? {is worth consideration} e4 12. Qxe4 = (12. dxc6 exf3 13. gxf3 Bg4 (13... bxc6?! 14. Nd2 =/+) 14. cxb7 Rae8 15. fxg4 Qf3 -/+9 (15... Rxe2+ 16. Bxe2 Qxf2+ 17. Kd1 -+))) 11... Nxe5 =/+ 12. Nxe5 Bxe5 ({Less advisable is} 12... Qxe5 13. Qxe5 Bxe5 14. Nd2 +/-) 13. Nd2 Bf5 14. O-O Rae8 15. Qd1 (15. Qh5 Bg6 16. Qh3 Qf4 =/+) 15... Qh4 (better is 15... Qh6!? 16. g3 Bh3 -/+) 16. g3 =/+ {Prevents intrusion on f4} Qh3 (16... Qf6 17. f4 Bd6=) 17. Re1 (17. Qb3 Bf4 18. Nf3 c6=) 17... Bg4 (better is 17... Bc2! 18. Qe2 Bxg3 19. fxg3 Rxe2 20. Rxe2 Qd7 -/+) 18. Bf1 +/= Qh5 19. Qc2 (better is 19. f3!? {and White can hope to survive} Bf5 20. f4 +/=) 19... Rxf2 =/+ {Demolition of pawn structure} 20. Kxf2 ?? {Deflection from h2}(better is 20. Bg2 {was necessary} Bd6 21. Rxe8+ Qxe8 22. Qe4 (22. Kxf2 ?? {is to be avoided because of the following mate in 2} Bc5+ 23. Kf1 Qe2#) 22...Qxe4 23. Nxe4 (23. Bxe4 ?? Rxd2 24. b4 c5 -/+) 23... Rxb2 24. Nxd6 cxd6 25. Re1 =/+) 20... Qxh2+ 21. Ke3 (21. Bg2 {is not much help} Bxg3+ 22. Kf1 Rf8+ 23. Nf3 Bxf3 24. Re8 Bxg2+ 25. Ke2 Rxe8+ 26. Kd3 Be4+ 27. Kd4 Qxc2 28. Kc5 Bd6+ 29. Kc4 Qd3+ 30. Kb3 Qb5#) 21... Qxg3+ 22. Nf3 Qxf3+ 23. Kd2 Bf4+ (23... Bf4+ 24. Re3 Qxe3#) 0-1
Schopenhauer (1923) – Evilone (1951) Playchess.com 1/2/05 game 5m 1. e4 e6
2. d4 f5 3. exf5 Nf6 4. fxe6 Bd6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bc4 Kh8
{forced} 7. O-O dxe6 8. Bg5 Nc6 9. Nc3 a6
10. Ne4 Qe8 (10... e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. Nfd2 Bf5 13. Re1 Qe8 14. Bxf6 gxf6
15. Bd3 Qg6 16. Re3 Rg8 17. Rg3 Qh6 18. Nxd6 cxd6 19. Nc4 Rxg3 20. fxg3 b5
21. Nxd6 Qe3+ 22. Kh1 Bxd3 23. cxd3 Nxd5 24. Qg4 Rf8 25. Rd1 Qg5 26. Qd7 Qg7
27. Qc6 Qg4 28. Rc1 Qe6 29. Qxa6 Nb4 30. Qb6 Nxd3 31. Rf1 Nxb2 32. Qxb5 Qxd6
33. Qxb2 Ra8 34. Qc2 Qe6 35. a4 {+/= 0.66 Fritz8}) 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nxd6
cxd6 13. Re1 Qf7 14. d5 Ne5 15. Nxe5 fxe5 16. Rf1 Bd7 17. dxe6 Bxe6 18. Bxe6
Qxe6 19. Qd3 Rad8 20. Rad1 d5 21. Qb3 Qf7 22. Rd2 Rd6 23. Rfd1 Rfd8 24. f3
b5 25. a4 Qa7+ 26. Kh1 bxa4 27. Qxa4 {+/- 0.87} d4 28. Rd3 Qg7 29.
R1d2? (29. c3 Rg8 30. Qc2 Rg6 31. g3) 29... Rg8 30. Qb4? ({Better
was} 30. Qa1 {according to Fritz8}) 30... Rg6 {White's back rank was
weak. The Rook should have been placed on d1 & d2.} 31. g3 Rxg3! {a
powerful R sac} 32. hxg3 Qxg3 {The game is over Black cannot stop
mate.} 33. f4 Qg1# 0-1 In the following game White castles Queen side. Queenhunter (1943) – Evilone (1931) Playchess.com 5/6/05 Game 5m 1. e4 e6
2. Nf3 f5 3. exf5 Nf6 4. fxe6 Bd6 5. d4 O-O 6. Bc4 Kh8 7. Bg5 dxe6 8. c3 Nc6
9. Nbd2 Qe8 10. Qc2 {It appears
that White intends to castle Queen side.} e5 {This move has to be
played to free the development of my pieces.} 11. dxe5 Nxe5 12. Nxe5
Qxe5+ 13. Be3 Ng4 14. O-O-O Nxe3 15. fxe3 Qxe3 16. Rde1 Qh6 {= (-0.19)
the position is even & Black is not a pawn down.} 17. Bd3 a5 18. Kb1 a4
19. Ne4 a3 {This move is intended to create weaknesses in White's
position.} 20. b3 Be5 21. h4 Bf5 22. Ng5 Bxd3 23. Qxd3 Rae8 24. Qd7?
(24. Rxe5 {It looks I did not look at this combination, it wins for White.}
Rxe5 25. Nf7+ Rxf7 26. Qd8+ Re8 27. Qxe8+ Rf8 28. Qxf8#) 24... Qg6+ 25.
Re4 Bxc3 26. Nf7+ Kg8 27. Ng5 h6 28. Kc2 Rxe4 29. Kxc3 Re3+ 30. Kd2 Ree8 31.
Qd5+ Kh8 32. Kc1 Qf6 33. Qd2 Rd8 0-1 Marduk (1892) - Evilone (1900) Playchess.com 5/16/05 Game 5m 1. e4 e6
2. d4 f5 3. exf5 Nf6 4. fxe6 Bd6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bc4 dxe6 7. O-O Nc6 8. c3 Kh8
9. b4 a6 10. Bg5 Qe8 11. Re1 Qh5 12. Bxf6 Rxf6 13. Nbd2 Rh6 14. h3 Rg6 15.
Kf1 Qh6 16. a4 Bd7 {So far White
has neutralized some of my threats.} 17. b5 Na5 ({Fritz8 suggested}
17... Ne7 18. Bd3 Rf6 19. bxa6 bxa6 20. Ne5 Bxe5 21. Rxe5 Nd5 22. Kg1 Nxc3
23. Qc1 Nxa4 24. Ne4 Qxc1+ 25. Rxc1 Rf4 {+- 1.91 not a very good line for
Black. Taking the a pawn was probably bad.}) 18. Bd3 Rf6 19. c4 b6 20.
Ne4 Rf4 21. c5 bxc5 22. dxc5 Be7 23. c6 Be8 {My pieces are temporarily
bottled up.} 24. Ne5 Bh5 (24... Bb4 {Fritz8 suggested the following
line, but I do not believe that it is very good. I believe my line was
better.} 25. Re2 Bh5 26. f3 Bd6 27. Nd7 Bxf3 28. gxf3 Rxf3+ 29. Rf2 Qxh3+
30. Kg1 Rxd3 31. Qf1 Qe3 32. Nxd6 Rxd6 33. Re1 Qg5+ 34. Qg2 Rd5 35. Nf8
Qxg2+ 36. Kxg2 axb5 37. Nxe6 bxa4 =) 25. f3 (25. Qc2 Raf8 26. Qc3 Bf6
27. Nxf6 Qxf6 28. Kg1 Rxf2 29. Bf1 Qg5 30. Nd7 R8f7 31. h4 Qxh4 32. Ne5 Rf8
33. b6 Rc2 34. Nf7+ Rxf7 35. Qxc2 Qd4+ 36. Kh1 Qh4+ {0.00 Black has a
perpetual check. } 37. Kg1 =) 25... Raf8 26. Ng3 Bxf3 27. Nxf3 Rxf3+ 28.
gxf3 Qxh3+ 29. Kf2 Qh2+ 30. Ke3 Bc5+ 31. Ke4 Qxg3 {Black is down the
exchange but can White escape the mating attack?} 32. Be2 (32. Bc2
Qg6+ 33. Ke5 Nc4#) 32... Qf4+ 33. Kd3 Rd8+ 34. Kc2 Rxd1 35. Raxd1 Qxa4+
36. Kc1 0-1 White fianchettos Queen side. Moondancers_(2001) – Evilone (1846) Playchess.com 6/26/05 Game 3m 1. e4 f5
2. exf5 Nf6 3. Nc3 e6 4. b3 Nc6 5. Bb2 Bd6 6. Nf3 O-O 7. fxe6 dxe6 8. Be2 e5
9. O-O Qe8 10. d3 a6 11. Ne4 Nxe4 12. dxe4 Bg4 13. h3 Bd7 14. Bc4+ Kh8 15.
Nh2 Qg6 16. Ng4 h5 17. Ne3 Bxh3 18. Kh2 Bd7 19. g3 Rf6 20. Kg2 Raf8 21. Qe2
Nd4 22. Bxd4 exd4 23. Rh1 (23. Nf5
Bxf5 24. exf5 Qxf5 25. Bd3 Qg5 26. Qe4 g6 27. Kg1 c6 28. Rae1 Kg7 29. Qxd4
Bc5 30. Qe4 Qxg3+ 31. Qg2 Bxf2+ 32. Rxf2 Qxf2+ 33. Qxf2 Rxf2 34. Re7+ R2f7
35. Re6 Rf6 36. Re7+ R8f7 37. Re8 Kh6 38. a3 h4 {-+ Black should win the
endgame.}) 23... Rxf2+ 24. Qxf2 Rxf2+ 25. Kxf2 Qxg3+ 26. Ke2 Qxe3+ 27.
Kd1 Bg4+ 0-1 CONCLUSION The Franco-Hiva Gambit Declined lines are actually easier to play than the Accepted lines. Black normally gets the half open f-file but has to work to get in the pawn push e5 to free the his B at e6. Black has to be very aware of the fact that White can slow down Black’s development with the N posted at e5. This means that Black has to get in the move e5 before White posts a N at e5. An interesting declined line is the Muzio Variation where Black sacrifices the N at f6 like in the King’s Gambit Muzio Variation (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 and White castles king side and sacrifices the N at f3 for the king side attack.)
REFERENCES TO THE FRANCO-HIVA GAMBIT Yahoo Unorthodox Chess Openings Newsgroup Messages: 664, 665, 1400, 1402, 1409, 1410, 1412, 1413, 1415, 1417, 1430, 1431, 1432, 2000, 3451, 3478, 4342, 4346, 4429, 4468, 4469, 4768, 4868, 4870, 4873, 4875, 4876, 4877, 4878, 4879, 4880 and 4882. Files:
fhiv1.pgn Franco-Hiva Gambit - 35 games
Unorthodox Chess Openings – Volume 2
by Eric Schiller page 180
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