As Black

Latvian Gambit · Basic

Very aggressive: Black goes for a wild game of exchanges in the centre.

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Lines

1. Opponent's mistake · 4.Ng5

   1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 3.exf5 e4 4.Ng5 Qxg5

2. Opponent's mistake · 5.Neg5

   1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 3.Nc3 fxe4 4.Nxe4 d5 5.Neg5 e4 6.Ne5 Qxg5

3. Opponent's mistake · 6.Bg5

   1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 3.Nxe5 Qf6 4.d4 d6 5.Nf3 fxe4 6.Bg5 Qf5 7.Qe2 Be7 8.Bxe7 exf3 9.Qe3 Nxe7 10.Nc3 Nc6

4. Opponent's mistake · 5.Qh5+

   1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 3.Nxe5 Qf6 4.d4 d6 5.Qh5+ g6 6.Nxg6 hxg6 7.Qf3 Nc6 8.Bb5 Qxd4

5. Opponent's mistake · 5.d3

   1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 3.exf5 e4 4.Qe2 Qe7 5.d3 exf3 6.Qxe7+ Bxe7

6. Opponent's mistake · 5.Nc3

   1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 3.exf5 e4 4.Qe2 Qe7 5.Nc3 exf3 6.Qxe7+ Nxe7

7. 4...Nf6 5.Bc4

   1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 3.exf5 e4 4.Ne5 Nf6 5.Bc4 d5 6.Bb5+ c6 7.Ba4 a5

8. 5...c5 6.Nb3

   1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 3.exf5 e4 4.Nd4 Nf6 5.d3 c5 6.Nb3 exd3 7.cxd3 Nc6

9. 4...Nf6 5.d3

   1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 3.exf5 e4 4.Ne5 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.Nc4 Bxf5

10. Bilguer Variation

    1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 3.Nxe5 Qf6 4.d4 d6 5.Nc4 fxe4 6.Nc3 Qg6

11. 5...c5 6.Ne2

    1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 3.exf5 e4 4.Nd4 Nf6 5.d3 c5 6.Ne2 exd3

12. 5...c5 6.Nb5

    1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 3.exf5 e4 4.Nd4 Nf6 5.d3 c5 6.Nb5 a6