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Thank you so much!!!! :) I really appreciate the support

Good question! I like 2... d5 3. exd5 c6!? (the Nimzowitsch-Marshall Countergambit!) . Any fxe5 immediately loses to Qh4 and Qe4+, which can win the h1 rook. In a lot of lines, Black simply plays Bc5 (incredibly strong, piercing diagonal and just Nf6 and develops and enjoys having a safe king (unlike white).

So you died from it, right?

@@user-kb2no8yg1o I’ve won a few drawn a few and lost a few gone back to normal From gambit now

Good question! I just now looked into this 6. e4 move, played 4.7% of the time in that position. It seems that, while this presents black with an appealing option as you touched on, we just need to avoid this temptation and go 6... Ng4, after which not much changes from the lines presented in the video. If white pushes 7. d4 (which now threatens to push e4-e5), black can simply capture Bxh2, and is much better, with the idea of Qg3+ and Nf2 to fork the queen and rook Hope this helps! :) -William

@@GambitMan Thank you very much Gambitman!!

@@GambitMan Do you have any gambits to play against the kingsgambit? It's a very uncommon line, but incase they play 2. e5 we can transpose the position into a countergambit. Because of the king being so exposed, I believe that the position would make a great gambit video. B.T.W. William your channel is both entertaining and educational. Keep on the good gambit chad work!!

yeah I was also confused that this video skips over that main line entirely.

Hi, yes actually the entire second half of the video is dedicated to that :) start watching at approx 18:10

Hi, hope this addresses your inquiries: 1) both options (taking on c7 or not) are covered in the video; in general, I make these judgements based on the number of games played in the database 2) I’m not sure what line you are referring to exactly. If 1. f4 e5 2. fxe5 d6 3. exd6 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bxd6 5. g3 then this is directly covered in the video with some gorgeous checkmating patterns for black at around the 19:00 mark, it is not an advisable option for white at all. Hope this helps! :) -William

How about g3, h5 and now white plays the key move d4. Don’t get me wrong, I like your videos, especially I have been playing Von Popiel inspired by you. However, I have played From with both colours and this gambit is just fun for white. Black has a few one move tricks and once they are gone white is winning, unfortunately.

Additionally, Bg2 works e.g. against 5. Nc6

@@Pullapelle d4 in that position is a fair question. However, your last sentence is only true if black goes for cheap tricks like g5-g4, and is certainly not the case in the lines that I recommend in this video. After d4, black has the interesting move Ng4 after which white needs to find another rare only move in Qd3. However, instead of Ng4, black can also sacrifice another pawn with h4 and white must recapture gxh4 (Nxh4, just as common, loses immediately to Ng4! with white's kingside dark squares collapsing). In the worst case scenario, black can just play the simple Nc6-Bf5-Qd7 (or maybe throwing in Nb4 to target c2) and long castles with very solid compensation. With best play for white, clinging to their two extra pawns in spite of a very awkward pawn structure and pressure, they can hold a +0.5 advantage according to Stockfish 14 or a +0.35 advantage according to Lc0. I would prefer to be black every time in those positions, from any practical point of view. As you mentioned, and as I also point out in the video with the database, a lot of black players do indeed go for cheap tricks in the From's gambit, and almost any Bird's player knows how to avoid them. However, the innovations shown in this video for black do no such thing -- they set traps for white, but also retain excellent compensation and pressure even if white successfully navigates the minefield. Perhaps I should have shown this g3 and d4 line in the video, although it was already on the long side haha. But rest assured I always do a lot of research beforehand :) happy to hear that you enjoy them!!

@@Pullapelle White is not winning if ...h5 is delayed for awhile. There is an engine game from TCEC where black sacrifised a second pawn by ...h5-h4 AFTER developing with Nc6, Bg4 and Qd7 (provoking white to castle kingside), and I have duplicated this in a thematic correspondence game, up to a point (both games ended in a draw). I think that Black has adequate positional compensation, but I am also sure than it is very easy for a class player to screw Black's position beyond repair- subtle play is required, the typical run and shoot stuff will not work.