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Italian Game, Rousseau Gambit

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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.Nd4
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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
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kingside, and Ng5 is a likely threat. White's position is better, but still requires careful play.
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Key themes for White are to attack Black's kingside and to avoid attempts by Black to
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4...Nf6 5.dxe5 Nxe4 6.0-0 Bc5 7.Nc3 Nxc3 8.bxc3 h6 9.Nd4 g6 10.Nb3 +/− (Bilguer).
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White can decline the gambit and wait to capture the f-pawn. 4...Bc5
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5.Ng5 Nh6 6.d5 Nb8 (6...Ne7 7.Nc3 f4 8.g3 Ng6 9.Bb5+ +/−;
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5...dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Nxd8 (6...Kxd8 7.Bg5+ Nf6 8.Nc3 +/−
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5...fxe4 6.Qd5 Qe7 7.Bg5 Be6 8.Qxe4 +/− de Rivière–
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Index

Rousseau Gambit
ECO
Eugène Rousseau
Italian Game
Domenico Lorenzo Ponziani
chess opening
e4
e5
Nf3
Nc6
Bc4
f5
Eugène Rousseau
d3
King's Gambit Declined
king bishop
kingside
castling
simplify
light-square bishop
algebraic notation
transposes
Lucchini Gambit
!
?
Handbuch
Maróczy
Sozin
Anderssen
Morphy

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