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Chess Opening Theory/1. e4/1...e5/2. Nf3/2...f5

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Latvian Gambit
a b c d e f g h
8a8 black rookb8 black knightc8 black bishopd8 black queene8 black kingf8 black bishopg8 black knighth8 black rook8
7a7 black pawnb7 black pawnc7 black pawnd7 black pawne7 black kingf7 black kingg7 black pawnh7 black pawn7
6a6 black kingb6 black kingc6 black kingd6 black kinge6 black kingf6 black kingg6 black kingh6 black king6
5a5 black kingb5 black kingc5 black kingd5 black kinge5 black pawnf5 black pawng5 black kingh5 black king5
4a4 black kingb4 black kingc4 black kingd4 black kinge4 white pawnf4 black kingg4 black kingh4 black king4
3a3 black kingb3 black kingc3 black kingd3 black kinge3 black kingf3 white knightg3 black kingh3 black king3
2a2 white pawnb2 white pawnc2 white pawnd2 white pawne2 black kingf2 white pawng2 white pawnh2 white pawn2
1a1 white rookb1 white knightc1 white bishopd1 white queene1 white kingf1 white bishopg1 black kingh1 white rook1
a b c d e f g h
Position in Forsyth-Edwards Notation (FEN)
Moves: 1. e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5
ECO code: C40
Parent: King's Knight Opening

Latvian Gambit

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2...f5?!

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The Latvian Gambit is sometimes known as the Greco Counter Gambit.
The Latvian Gambit only works at club level, where unsuspecting White players find themselves falling to traps. However, if White knows all the traps and pitfalls, Black will be not be able to compensate for being one pawn down in material. As such, the Latvian Gambit is usually considered unsound.

Theory table

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For explanation of theory tables, see theory table and for notation, see algebraic notation.

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5?!

3 4 5 678910111213141516
1 d4
fxe4
Nxe5
Nf6
Be2
d6
Ng4
Be7
=
2 Bc4
fxe4
Nxe5
Qg5?!
d4!
Qxg2
Qh5+
g6
Bf7+
Kd8
Bxg6
Qxh1
Ke2
Qxc1
Nf7+
Ke8
Nxh8+
hxg6
Qxg6+
Kd8
Nf7+
Ke7
Nc3
Qxc2+
Ke1
d6
Nd5+±
...

...

...

d5!

Qh5+
g6
Nxg6
hxg6
Qxg6+
Ke7
d4
e3
Bxe3
Qd6
Bg5+
Kd7
Qf7+
Ne7
=
3 Nc3
fxe4
Nxe5
Qf6
d4
exd3
Nxd3
c6
+/=
4 exf5
e4
Ne5
Nf6
Be2
d6
Bh5+
Ke7
+/=
Main Line 5 Nxe5
Qf6
d4
d6
Nc4
fxe4
Nc3
Qg6
+/=

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References

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  • Nunn's Chess Openings. 1999. John Nunn (Editor), Graham Burgess, John Emms, Joe Gallagher. ISBN 1-8574-4221-0.