The Głø krüller gambit Part 2

What if white declined the gambit?

So you know that most of the time, more than 50% of the people that see you play e5 are going to take the free pawn because it’s the most logical move. Which begs the question: What if White doesn’t take the free pawn? You have plenty of options to play against it, but I'll walk you through the moves in the next section.

1. Głø Krüller gambit: Advanced variation

As the name suggests, instead of taking the free pawn, White plays 3...d5, which advances the pawn forward. And no surprise, it’s a bad move because white loses the pressure on black’s e5 pawn and makes the e4 pawn a target. So, how are we going to punish this bad move (D4) from black? You simply developed your knight to f6, thereby pressuring both pawns.

The most common move after Nf6 is 4...Nc3, defending the weak pawns. But Black can immeidately take advantage of this by playing 4...Bb4, pressuring and pining the White's knight. If white tried to break the pin by playing 5...Bd2 black can simply capture the knight! Other variations would be shown down below.

Keep in mind that the move sequences that I show are the most common moves in each position. But you can definitely get used to this. And it also shows us that sometimes you should not be greedy at chess, meaning that if you see a free piece on the board, that doesn't mean you have to take it right away. Because it might worsen your position.

Game examples

And now, this is probably a moment that you're waiting for: "Game example/studies" to show that this bizarre and offbeat gambit can actually be effective. Our first game is the one that I played yesterday on the Fide online website, where I got paired with someone who wasn't prepared for my brillancies. So, the game's down below.

Our second game is played by one of my friends, @AlteeDo. He told me that he tried this gambit, and it's actually worked! And more than that, his opponent was 1700, so you can see that even a high-rated player can fall for the trap. Again, the game is down below.

Since I don't know what his thought process was for the moves he played, I'm not going to write it down. But you can already see how effective this gambit is if you play it correctly.

And to end off this blog, I just want you to know that my YouTube channel is almost at 100 subscribers, so if you can, help me reach my goal.

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