Schuyler: Your Opponent is overrated Damen Gambit that play is often chaotic

that play is often chaotic and positions are frequently irrational

Figurine Notation

Chapter 10

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The conscientious student

Schuyler: Your Opponent is overrated Damen Gambit that play is often chaoticWhich opening does better in practice: the wild, unsound and refuted Latvian Gambit (1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 f5) or the solid Philidor Defence (1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 d6)? As James Schuyler points out, referring to the definitive Megabase, the Latvian Gambit scores higher. How can such a discredited opening (and the same story is repeated with other unsound openings) do so well? The point is that playing like this throws the opponent off balance, makes them anxious and