Talk:Latvian Gambit
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[edit] Old talk
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).
- I've changed it to 9...Qg6 as this is the only safe square the queen can go to. 91.105.28.251 13:21, 6 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Mention Why
You should really point out that 3. Nxe5 fxe4 can't be played because of a forced mate after 4. Qh5. You think people would know but it's been played against me in tournaments. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.67.249.74 (talk) 03:50, 6 December 2007 (UTC)
