Chess Opening Theory/1. e4/1...e5/2. Nf3/2...f5/3. Nxe5/3...Qf6/4. Nc4/4...fxe4/5. Nc3/5...Qf7
Appearance
Latvian Gambit | |
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Position in Forsyth-Edwards Notation (FEN) | |
Moves: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nxe5 Qf6 4. Nc4 fxe4 5. Nc3 Qf7 | |
ECO code: C40 | |
Parent: Latvian Gambit |
Latvian Gambit, Leonhardt Variation
[edit | edit source]5...Qf7
[edit | edit source]Black is planning ...d5 again. Now comes perhaps the only "unnatural" move with which a White player facing the Latvian must be familiar: 6. Ne3. There's no other way to defend against ...d5.
References
[edit | edit source]- Nunn's Chess Openings. 1999. John Nunn (Editor), Graham Burgess, John Emms, Joe Gallagher. ISBN 1-8574-4221-0.
- Kasparov, Garry, & Keene, Raymond 1989 Batsford chess openings 2. ISBN 0-8050-3409-9.