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Date: 04 Aug 2008 09:54:14
From: Rob
Subject: Fegatello attack
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Has anyone had much success with the Fegatello attack?
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nxf7
What are the pros and cons of this position?
Rob
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Date: 04 Aug 2008 15:09:21
From: help bot
Subject: Re: Fegatello attack
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On Aug 4, 12:54=A0pm, Rob <[email protected] > wrote:
> Has anyone had much success with the Fegatello attack?
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> 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nxf7
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> What are the pros and cons of this position?
One "pro" is that Black gets to win a piece
right away.
One "con" is that White can then spend the
rest of the first round attacking wildly, knowing
you won't ever figure out a solution to every
conceivable attack. (But suppose he comes
up just short of finding a win? He has thrown
away his first-move advantage, by sacrificing
a developed piece at considerable loss of time.)
Look at what Black has done: developed his
Knights to their best squares; now, where was
the "justification" for a crazy attack, so early
on? (I prefer to save my crazy attacks for
retaliations against unmitigated stupidity, as
you must already have surmised.)
This old 3. Bc4 stuff just doesn't cut the
mustard anymore. If it did, believe you me,
a lot of Ruy Lopez players would have leaped
at the chance to go for a direct assault on
the enemy King rather than Mickey Mouse
around with provoking pawn advances with
3. B-b5.
However, when defended against improperly,
the direct assaults can be more fun. I am
reminded of the early days of GetClub; back
when I felt like Paul Morphy, playing some
Queen-odds player, only without giving them
their due odds.
-- help bot
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Date: 04 Aug 2008 12:58:47
From: Rob
Subject: Re: Fegatello attack
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On Aug 4, 12:00=A0pm, SBD <[email protected] > wrote:
> On Aug 4, 11:54 am, Rob <[email protected]> wrote:
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> http://webcast.chessclub.com/Alterman/GambitGuide.html
Thanks Stephen,
I can't acces the resources.
> is one resource. Lots of stuff on the web, maybe look in more detail
> before asking?
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> I've wondered whether Timmer's "Paard x f7", a book I've never been
> able to get, would contain anything new. The Fried Liver seems to be a
> beginner's favorite. Perhaps that is how they learn the idea of square
> weakness? And maybe the Cochrane is an advanced version of this
> understanding?
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Date: 04 Aug 2008 10:00:53
From: SBD
Subject: Re: Fegatello attack
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On Aug 4, 11:54 am, Rob <[email protected] > wrote:
http://webcast.chessclub.com/Alterman/GambitGuide.html
is one resource. Lots of stuff on the web, maybe look in more detail
before asking?
I've wondered whether Timmer's "Paard x f7", a book I've never been
able to get, would contain anything new. The Fried Liver seems to be a
beginner's favorite. Perhaps that is how they learn the idea of square
weakness? And maybe the Cochrane is an advanced version of this
understanding?
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