Fred Defence

Fred Defence

Infobox chess opening
openingname = Fred Defence

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moves=1. e4 f5
ECO=B00
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parentopening = King's Pawn Game
AKA=Duras Gambit, Tiers Countergambit, From Reversed
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The Fred Defence, also known as the Duras Gambit, From Reversed, or Tier's Counter-gambit, is a dubious chess opening characterised by the moves:

:1.

The Fred Defence is classified in ECO as B00. ECO gives this continuation::2. exf5 Nf6 :3. d4 d5 :4. Bd3with a definite advantage for White.

It is widely regarded as an exceptionally poor response to 1. e4 and is very rarely played. According to Chessmaster, the Fred Defence "should be dead.", and Graham Burgess states that the Fred is "suicidal". Remarkably, however, in the eight games in the chessgames.com database, White won 5 and Black won 3. 3 of the games are from some sort of exhibition match, between grandmasters Ossip Bernstein, who played White, and Oldrich Duras, who played Black, which ended +1 =1 -1. In all of the games, after 2.exf5, Duras played 2...Nf6 and followed up with ...e5 a few moves later, allowing White to remain a pawn ahead after fxe6.

A less common line continues with:

* "'2. ... Kf7?!

In most lines, Black sacrifices one or two pawns and attempts castling by hand. The most common line continues

* "'3. Qh5+ g6
* "'4. fxg6 Kg7
* "'5. gxh7 Rxh7
* "'6. Qg4+ Kh8

Although Black has sacrificed two pawns, he has superior development and attacking potential on the kingside.

With careful play, White can often gain a substantial advantage by simply playing defensively and not attempting any mating attacks until the late middlegame/early endgame. White is often correct to castle queenside to avoid Black's kingside development.

Named Variations

* Southern Fred 2. exf5 Kf7?!
* Mao Tse Tung Attack 2. exf5 Kf7?! 3. Qh5+

References

* p. 111 cite book | author=Eric Schiller | year=2002 | edition=Second Edition | title=Unorthodox Chess Openings | publisher=Cardoza | isbn=1-58042-072-9

External links

* [http://www.chessnation.com/fred-def.html Chessnation.com: Fred Defence]
* [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?eco=B00&node=1396348 Chessgames.com: Games in the Fred Defence]


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