Rousseau Gambit

Rousseau Gambit

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Rousseau GambitThe Rousseau Gambit is a dubious chess opening characterised by the moves:

:1. :2. :3.

The gambit is named after Eugéne Rousseau. White's best response is to simply decline the gambit and continue by supporting the "e" pawn and developing with 4. . The resulting position is similar to a King's Gambit Declined with Black playing the gambit with less development, and White's king bishop pointing at Black's weakened kingside—not very comfortable for Black. Black will have trouble castling kingside and Ng5 is a likely threat. White's position is better, but still requires careful play.

Key themes for White are to attack Black's kingside and to avoid attempts by Black to simplify the position via exchanges. Exchanges involving White's light bishop are particularly suspect.

The best advice for Black is to not play this gambit as it is considered refuted.

Rousseau Gambit Declined

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Rousseau Gambit DeclinedWhite's best response is to decline the gambit and to wait to capture the f pawn.:1. :2. :3. :4.

Rousseau Gambit Accepted

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Rousseau Gambit AcceptedWhite still has a good game after the inferior 4.exf5, but the position is less clear. Black usually plays 4...e4, which White may meet by 5.Nd4! Nf6 (5...Nxd4? leads to trouble after 6.Qh5+) 6.Nxc6.:1. :2. :3. :4.

References

External links

*cite web | url=http://www.chesscafe.com/text/skittles182.pdf | title=Giuoco Fortissimo: The Rousseau Gambit Part 1 | author=Tim McGrew | date=2002-07-01 | format=PDF | publisher=Chesscafe.com
*cite web | url=http://www.chesscafe.com/text/skittles184.pdf | title=Giuoco Fortissimo: The Rousseau Gambit Part 2 | author=Tim McGrew | date=2002-07-30 | format=PDF | publisher=Chesscafe.com
*cite web | url=http://www.chesscafe.com/text/mcgrew13.pdf | title=Gambits In Many Dimensions | author=Tim McGrew | date=2003-09-22 | format=PDF | publisher=Chesscafe.com


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