Chessville Opening Instruction - The Blackburne-Hartlaub Gambit - by Clyde Nakamura - The Search for Dragons and Mythical Chess Openings

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Hartlaub Gambits
by Clyde Nakamura

The Search for

& Mythical Chess Openings

The Blackburne-Hartlaub Gambit which comes out of the Englund Gambit (1.d4 e5) has the moves: 1.d4 e5 2.dxe5 d6.

There are other opening settings where you can get a similar position to the Blackburne-Hartlaub Gambit.

Lopez-Hartlaub Gambit

This comes out of the Ruy Lopez. I improvised over the board and played a Blackburne-Hartlaub type of gambit in this opening. Unfortunately I played one bad move and ended up losing that game. I dropped a piece.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d4 d6 6.dxe5 Ng4

[Event "Rated game, 5m + 0s"]
[Site "Main Playing Hall"]
[Date "2006.02.19"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Talchess"]
[Black "Evilone"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "1863"]
[BlackElo "1898"]
[Annotator "Lopez Hartlaub Gambit"]
[PlyCount "113"]
[EventDate "2006.01.02"]

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.d4 d6 6.dxe5 Ng4 7.exd6 Bxd6 8.h3 Bb4+ (8...b5 9.Bb3 Nge5 10.Bd5 Rb8 11.Bg5 Qd7 12.Nxe5 Nxe5 13.Nd2 {+/= 0.56}) 9.c3 Qxd1+ 10.Bxd1 the game continued till move 57 before I resigned. 1-0

Stonewall-Hartlaub Gambit

This one comes out of the Stonewall pawn formation with pawns at d4, e3 & f4. Normally there is another pawn at c3 in Stonewall positions.

1.d4 Nf6 2.e3 d6 3.f4 e5 4.dxe5 Ng4

[Event "Rated game, 5m + 0s"]
[Site "Main Playing Hall"]
[Date "2006.02.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Ana 20"]
[Black "Evilone"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1959"]
[BlackElo "1935"]
[Annotator "Stonewall-Hartlaub Gambit **"] [PlyCount "28"] [EventDate "2006.01.02"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.e3 d6 3.f4 e5 4.dxe5 Ng4 5.exd6 Bxd6 6.Nf3 O-O 7.Bd3 Nc6 8.O-O Qe7 9.Re1 Bxf4 10.Nd4 Nxd4 11.exd4 Bxh2+ 12.Kf1 Qh4 13.Qf3 Bg3 14.Rd1 Nh2+ 0-1

Black Knights Tango – Hartlaub Gambit

Yes, this one comes out of the Black Knights Tango. White declined to chase blacks knights so I improvised by converting it into a form of the Blackburne-Hartlaub Gambit.

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 e5 4.dxe5 Ng4 5.Qd5 d6

[Event "Rated game, 5m + 0s"]
[Site "Main Playing Hall"]
[Date "2006.02.20"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Barlok"]
[Black "Evilone"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A45"]
[WhiteElo "1905"]
[BlackElo "1958"]
[Annotator "Black Knights Tango - Hartlaub Gambit ***"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2006.01.02"]

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Nf3 e5 4.dxe5 Ng4 5.Qd5 d6 6.exd6 Bxd6 7.h3 Be6 8.hxg4 Bxd5 9.Nxd5 O-O 10.Be3 Bb4+ 11.Nxb4 Nxb4 12.Nd4 c5 13.a3 cxd4 14.axb4 dxe3 15.fxe3 Qd6 16.Kf2 f5 17.g5 f4 18.e4 Qd4+ 19.Ke1 Qxb2 20.Rd1 Qc3+ 21.Kf2 Qg3+ 22.Kg1 Rad8 23.Ra1 f3 24.exf3 Rxf3 25.Rh3 Qf2+ 26.Kh2 Rxh3+ 27.Kxh3 Qe3+ 28.Kh2 Qxg5 29.Bc4+ Kh8 30.Rxa7 Qe5+ 31.Kh1 Qxe4 32.Bd3 Qh4+ 33.Kg1 Re8 34.Rxb7 Re1+ 35.Bf1 g6 36.Rd7 Qf4 0-1

Dutch-Hartlaub Gambit

This one came out of the Dutch Defense.

1.d4 f5 2.g3 e5 3.dxe5 d6

[Event "Rated game, 5m + 0s"]
[Site "Main Playing Hall"]
[Date "2006.02.06"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Lushina"]
[Black "Evilone"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A81"]
[WhiteElo "1827"]
[BlackElo "1836"]
[Annotator "Dutch-Hartlaub Gambit **"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2006.01.02"]

1.d4 f5 2.g3 e5 3.dxe5 d6 4.exd6 Bxd6 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.Nf3 Nf6 7.O-O Qe7 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bxf6 Qxf6 10.Nc3 Be6 11.e4 O-O-O 12.Qe2 f4 13.Rfe1 Ne5 14.Nxe5 Bxe5 15.Nd5 Qf7 16.Nxf4 Bxf4 17.gxf4 Qxf4 18.Qf3 Qe5 19.c3 Rhf8 20.Qg3 Rf4 21.f3 g5 22.Red1 Rdf8 23.Rd3 Rg8 24.Rad1 b6 25.Kh1 g4 26Qh4 Qg7 27.Rd8+ Kb7 28.Rxg8 Qxg8 29.fxg4 Rxg4 30 e5+ Ka6 31.Qf2 Bc8 32.Qe2+ b5 33.a4 Qc4 34.axb5+ Qxb5 35.Ra1+ Kb6 36.Qe3+ c5 37.Bf1 Qc6+ 38.Bg2 Qxg2# 0-1

Download four New Hartlaub Gambits in zipped PGN format.

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