Comments on: Refute the Stafford Gambit with a Quiet Pawn Move! https://chessopeningsexplained.com/refute-the-stafford-gambit-with-a-quiet-pawn-move/ Sun, 21 Nov 2021 05:53:40 +0000 hourly 1 By: Alex Latham https://chessopeningsexplained.com/refute-the-stafford-gambit-with-a-quiet-pawn-move/#comment-261 Sun, 21 Nov 2021 05:53:40 +0000 https://chessopeningsexplained.com/?p=1587#comment-261 After 6.h3, 6…g5 deserves comment. After 7.d3 Rg8 (most popular reply), the engine prefers 8.e5 Nd5 9.Ne4 Be7 10.c4 Nf4 (Nb6 11. Be3, and if 11..g4 12.Qc2 gxh3 13.g3! and 14.Bxh3 stops Black’s attack, after which White has the pawn AND the compensation!) 11.Be3 Bf5 12.Qb3

]]> By: Thomas Yerg https://chessopeningsexplained.com/refute-the-stafford-gambit-with-a-quiet-pawn-move/#comment-260 Tue, 16 Nov 2021 15:53:40 +0000 https://chessopeningsexplained.com/?p=1587#comment-260 I recognize that Fritz-17 evaluations can produce results that are “theoretically” better but difficult or unpleasant to handle. My first instinct confronted by the Stafford Gambit was 6. Qe2 …and it looks like a satisfactory response according to Fritz-17 which also offers the alternative 6. f3 …
I assume that I am missing an important defensive principle. Perhaps, the best approach is to immediately prevent Black from placing a minor piece on g4.

6.h3 0–0 7.d3 Re8 8.Be2 Bd4 9.0–0 Be6 10.Be3…[1.07/23]
6.Qe2 0–0 7.f3 Re8 8.g3 Nd5 9.d3 b6 10.Nd1…[0.97/23]
6.f3 0–0 7.Ne2 Bb6 8.a4 a5 9.c3 Qe7 10.Qc2…[0.83/23]

]]> By: Alex Latham https://chessopeningsexplained.com/refute-the-stafford-gambit-with-a-quiet-pawn-move/#comment-236 Sun, 14 Feb 2021 00:46:08 +0000 https://chessopeningsexplained.com/?p=1587#comment-236 Nice video!

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