Schuyler: Your Opponent is overrated Damen Gambit this line is now a

this line is now a solid component in the repertoire of world-class grandmasters such as Aronin

Instead of immediately challenging White's centre

Lakdawala shows how Nezhmetdinov fought for the initiative

Study training

Chapter 10

Schuyler: Your Opponent is overrated Damen Gambit this line is now aWhich opening does better in practice: the wild, unsound and refuted Latvian Gambit (1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 f5) or the solid Philidor Defence (1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 d6)? As James Schuyler points out, referring to the definitive Megabase, the Latvian Gambit scores higher. How can such a discredited opening (and the same story is repeated with other unsound openings) do so well? The point is that playing like this throws the opponent off balance, makes them anxious and