Talk:Latvian Gambit

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Ok, so my questions is where do you go from here? What are black's goals from this point on, and how does he take advantage of this position?

I've removed the bit that said that while it wasn't played in major tournaments, it "appears to be a favorite of postal chess players." It's true there are a lot of postal games with the Latvian, but that's because there have been a lot of thematic tournaments where all participants had to play the opening - I don't think any of the top players play the opening by choice. --Camembert

[edit] The Luzhin Defence

The article on The Luzhin Defence says, "For the chess opening associated with the movie see Latvian Gambit." But there's no info about the Luzhin Defense in this article. What's the link between the two? -Phoenixrod 18:11, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

Beats me. I saw the movie and don't remember anything about the Latvian Gambit. Unless someone comes up with some substantiation for this, it should go. Krakatoa 21:00, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] I think there is a mistake.

In the main line - ...3.Nxe5, the last moves mentioned: Bxh3 11.Bxb7 cannot be played because Black hasn't moved the d7 pawn. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 217.132.169.142 (talk) 01:32, 20 March 2007 (UTC).

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