Scotch Game | Göring Gambit

The Göring Gambit is a very aggressive, highly provocative and slightly unsound continuation for white. He gives up a full pawn for development and an attempt for a deadly initiative.
For an introduction to the Scotch, watch this video on the basics: • Scotch Game | Ideas, P...
When looking for a complicated and unexpected line against e5 players, the Göring Gambit seems like a very natural choice. White gives up a pawn to provoke black into helping to develop the white minor pieces with tempo, thus creating an attacking setup which can prove terminal for the black king.
Black has ways of declining the gambit and entering a peaceful position if he chooses to, but according to theory and to the engines, the pawn should be taken! Human chess is another thing. Practice has shown that the positions arising after the gambit is accepted can be very tricky for black to defend, and you basically get a position which is much easier to play for white.
Black has to be extremely careful and precise, otherwise he can get in a lost position in a matter of moves, while on the other hand, white can hardly go wrong as he has superior development and numerous attacking moves to choose from.
The Göring Gambit can be refuted with perfect play, though, which is why you rarely see it on the highest levels. With solid defensive play, if black manages to develop and doesn’t allow white to overrun him, he should have a solid extra pawn and a better structure to enter a late middlegame with.
Still, it should not be neglected as a tricky surprise weapon hard for black to deal with!
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[@ajarnray4115]

Oh this is how Paul Morphy loves to play the scotch all you need is a bit of insanity and it all makes sense ;-). Great video thanks!

[@pawnpusher]

This is easily the most thorough channel when it comes to openings...my question is. How do you remember all the theory?

[@prometheus1592]

he takes notes

[@drakehopkins5931]

its accepted main line looks very similar to the danish gambit

[@yeeluvspizza]

With a key difference, Nf3 and Nxc6 have been played. White is closer to castling in the goring.

[@rikooldd3778]

I just looked at the game of Yu Yangyi and Jumabayev myself and decided to search for this Gambit! What a nice surprise when you showed that game in your video. Tremendous explanations btw. Great channel.

[@cathywcannon]

Im a mid 1000s player and the gohring and danish are my main lines with white a good portion of the time. Nobody has ever played the correct moves to stop my attack after accepting the gambit, and they get accepted a fair amount. More people should be looking at these under 1600 elo.

[@xxNarcissus]

I’m playing in U1300 section and have played this a ton in blitz with fair success. I’m 2k bullet lichess and 1850 blitz lichess what are your thoughts on this variation in longer time controls though?

[@helium4169]

The name of the gambit O_O

[@sebastians.911]

In German, this letter exists aswell as the letters ä, ü and ö.

[@el-gamer2773]

@@sebastians.911 no he meant the reichsmarschall

[@marcofrey2903]

This gambit may not be sound but you should study it to deploy similar ideas against novice black responses in the Italian. I use the c3 pawn gambit often against rather passive defenses like the Hungarian, the Philidor, the "Anti-Fried Liver" and D3-instead-of-main line Italian. It's absolutely devastating and very fun! And in these cases, it IS sound because black has simply not developed soundly.

[@yeeluvspizza]

Instead of exd5 in the declined variation, White should play Bd3

[@jaydub2971]

This gambit, accepted, may not be sound, but really fun for a sideline if you like the "normal" Scotch Gambit.

[@victornunez1176]

Hey love your video. Do you ever twich live stream games. If you do can i get your twich name

[@pauchalo]

Great analysis, thank you!

[@renaissancerachnavali3287]

Thanks mr tomic

[@jimmcewan417]

after you capture the knight on h3 , why would white not capture the queen on d5

[@vinayakbabu1594]

Accept the gambit and play like inn the 19th century

[@mohamedderghal9013]

In the spirit of Mikhail Tal thank you

[@otaviocf4657]

Great video!

[@bendydrecher772]

thanks elon

[@santiagotueme2753]

Why do yo don’t eat the queen with the knight at 7:40??

[@insertnamehere6280]

The knight was pinned, so white just castled.

[@mbotela9979]

More like boring gambit am I right

[@adamtheamazing4411]

HAHAHAHA That was a good one man! You really got us with that one!