e4e5 OUCH!

Yesterday I decided to play some unrated games as black playing e4e5. I never have spent much time learning to play e4 e5 as suggested by most chess authors, mostly because I get trounced in the opening. Yesterday was no different. However I did have a lot of fun. All the games were open and exciting. I should have won at least one of my many games when I had a clearly won end game and then blundered stepping my king out of the box allowing him to queen a pawn. Despite the misstep I missed that I could have queened on the same turn giving me a 3 pawn up queen vs queen ending. Well I will still play the caro-kann but I am going to get my education in e4 e5. Although I expect to loose many games I hope to learn.

staunton gambit resources

I am preparing to learn to play against it so I don't get clobbered when I do see it.

http://www.chessville.com/UCO/CN/FrancoHivaGambit2.htm http://labatechess.com/cart/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=256_130_53&products_id=247 http://www.chesscafe.com/text/lane49.pdf http://correspondencechess.com/campbell/hard/h990830.htm

1. e4 f5 2. d4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 
    4. f3 d5 5. fxe4 dxe4 6. Bg5 Bf5 
       7. Nge2?! e6  8. Ng3 Bb4  9. Bc4 Nc6 -+
       7. Bc4 Nc6  8. Nge2 Qd7   9. O-O e6   10. Qe1 O-O-O  11. Rd1 Na5  
                                                            ...12. Bb5 c6
                                                            ...12. Bb3 axb3
    4. Bg5 
 ... Nc6 5. d5 Ne5  6. Qd4 Nf7 
            7 h4 c6 8. O-O-O Qb6 9. Bxf6 gxf6  10. Qxe4 +=
            7 Bxf6 exf6 8 Nxe4 Be7 9 O-O-O O-O
        ... b6 c6 e6 and g6 I guess are ok