The Głø krüller gambit Part 1
Today, we'll going to take a deep dive on how to play an offbeat chess opening with the most bizarre name possible. So, let's jump right in!
What is the Głø Krüller gambit?
The "Głø Krüller Gambit" is a spicy and brutal gambit that gives a pawn in order to double white's pawns and use them as a weakness to target. Not to mention the Pressure on f2, witch white weakened when they took the e5 pawn! There are several lines of the gambit, this blog will help guide through this opening.
How to play?
The Głø krüller gambit is an opening that comes out of the Caro-Kann defense, one of the most solid, safest, and, of course, one of the best openings for black. But we're not going to play solid today; we're going for the offensive. Because the point of this opening is to throw your unprepared opponent off.
If you're black and your opponent plays 1...e4, you'll respond with a regular Caro-Kann defense (1...c6). But after your opponent plays the move 2...d4 the most common move in the Caro-Kann, you'll surprise them by playing the move 2...e5!? simply giving away a free pawn.
After you play this surprising move, most people are going to take the free pawn because it's the most logical and best move in the position, which then bring us to our new section.
The main line of the opening.
Keep in mind that the main line is the most common move in each position. For example, after white excepts the gambit with 3...dxe5, you'll play the move 3...Qb6, which is known as the "Füter attack." In this position, the white win rate dropped from 56% to 49%. Why? Because lots of players don’t know how to handle the pressure, the offbeat opening paid off.
Qb6 targets the weak f2 pawn (White made it weak by taking on e5). Targeting the weak f2 pawn means black will have tricks on Bc5 and Nh6-Ng4 later on, and white will soon have trouble defending the pawn. And also, black's also put pressure on the b2 pawn; black queen is restricting whites development of the white dark squared bishop on c1, so it may not be easy for white to move the bishop.
White has a lot of options to play against 3...Qb6. But the most common move is 4...Nf3, which is a normal developing move. But now you'll play the move 4...Bc5, creating a queen-bishop battery aiming to attack the weak f2 pawn. And remember the Nh6-Ng4 ideas? White would likely play the move 5...Qe2, defending the f2 pawn. After that, you'll play 5...Nh6 to play Ng4 on the next move if white doesn't prevent it.
After you play 6...Ng4, 57% of the people doesn't know what to do in this position. So, most people would play 7...Be3 thinking they've defened the threat. But we'll delivered the final blow of the main line with 7....Nxe3 8. fxe3 Qxb2 9. Rb1 and Qxc3. Black's now up a piece and is now completely winning!
Other lines and Variations of the opening.
In this section, I'll try to included almost every single line of this opening, So that if you tried this to play this opening and you see a different move, you'll how to handle it.
Enjoy!
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