Italian Game, Rousseau Gambit
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The Rousseau Gambit (or Ponziani Countergambit after Domenico Lorenzo Ponziani) is a chess opening that begins with the moves:
The gambit is named after French chess master Eugène Rousseau. White can decline the gambit by supporting the e-pawn with 4.d3. The resulting position is similar to a King's Gambit Declined with colours reversed, and White's Template:Chessgloss aiming at Black's weakened Template:Chessgloss. Black will have trouble castling kingside, and Ng5 is a likely threat. White's position is better, but still requires careful play.
Key themes for White are to attack Black's kingside and to avoid attempts by Black to Template:Chessgloss the position. Exchanges involving White's Template:Chessgloss are particularly suspect. Template:AN chess
White responses
Gambit Declined: 4.d3
White can decline the gambit and wait to capture the f-pawn. 4...Bc5 transposes to the Lucchini Gambit.
Gambit Accepted: 4.exf5
White still has a good game after the inferior 4.exf5, but the position is less clear. Black usually plays 4...e4, which White may meet by 5.Nd4Template:Chesspunc Nf6 (5...Nxd4Template:Chesspunc leads to trouble after 6.Qh5+) 6.Nxc6.
4.d4!
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- 4...fxe4 5.Nxe5 d5 6.Bb5 Ne7 7.0-0 a6 8.Bxc6+ bxc6 (8...Nxc6? 9.Qh5+) 9.f3 Bf5 10.Nc3 +/− (Bilguer Handbuch).[1][2]
- 4...d6 and now:
- 4...Nf6 5.dxe5 Nxe4 6.0-0 Bc5 7.Nc3 Nxc3 8.bxc3 h6 9.Nd4 g6 10.Nb3 +/− (Bilguer).[1]
See also
References
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- Learn to play the Rousseau Gambit