Showing posts with label Latvian Gambit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Latvian Gambit. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 14, 2012

Lotsa Latvian

If the Latvian Gambit is unsound, then why doesn't four-time U.S. Champion Alexander Shabalov refute it? OK, Shabalov may be an ethnic Russian, but he was born and raised in Latvia, and was a student of Tal.

The Grandmaster escapes with the full point.

Monday, February 13, 2012

The Latvian lives!

The Latvian Gambit, that is.  I had a pleasant Sunday afternoon analyzing with Andrew Karklins.
Here's one of the games we looked at: