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Oh brave chess
knight, thou seekest the Holy Grail of Chess... [Part One]
I had created this opening line to transpose into a Keoni-Hiva Gambit type of position. This provides another chance to play a Keoni-Hiva Gambit. The moves are: 1.e3 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.a3 e5 4.f4 exf4 5.Nf3. diagram In the following game Black takes all 3 gambited pawns and got even more greedy by snatching the White a3 pawn. This led to the White Rook lift to b3 which was strategic in creating threats on the Black Kingside. Black castled Kingside and played the h6 move which weakened the Black Kingside. White sacrificed the Bishop on h6 and Black’s King was in deep trouble. White later wins the Black Queen and the game. Evilone(2005)-Lyubimov(2217) Internet Chess Club Game 20min. 5/98
1. e3 d5 2.
Nc3 Nf6 3. a3 e5 4. f4 exf4 5. Nf3
{Keoni-Hiva
Gambit Delayed} fxe3 6. Bd3 exd2+ 7. Bxd2 {Black took all 3 gambited
pawns} Nc6 8. O-O Bc5+ 9. Kh1 Be6 10. Qe1 Qe7 11. b4 {played to
disrupt the development of Black's Queenside pieces and also to discourage
Black from castling Queenside} Bd6 12. b5 Nd8 13. Qh4 Bxa3 14. Rab1
(14. Rxa3 Qxa3 15. Bh6 Qf8 16. Ne5 Ne4 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Nxe4 f5 19. Qh5+
Bf7 20. Qxf5 Be6 21. Qh5+ Nf7 22. Ng5 g6 23. Qe2 Qe7 24. Ngxf7 Bxf7 25. Rxf7
Qd6 26. Nf3+ Kxf7 27. Ng5+ Kf6 28. Ne4+ Ke5 29. Bg7+ Ke6 30. Nxd6+ Kd7 31.
Ne4 Kd8 32. Nc5 c6 33. b6 axb6 34. Qd3+ Kc7 35. Qd7+ Kb8 36. Qxb7#)
14...O-O 15. Bg5 h6 16. Bxh6 gxh6 17. Qxh6 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Bxe4 f6 20.
Nh4 Qg7 21. Qh5 Bd6 22. Nf5 Bxf5 23. Bxf5 a5 24. Rb3 Be5 25. Rh3 Bxh2
{+- 8.96 Deep Junior 10, I am not sure if this Black move was necessary}
26. Kxh2 Nf7 27. Bh7+ Kh8 28. Rh4 Rae8 29. Bg6+ Kg8 30. Bxf7+ Rxf7
(30... Qxf7 31. Qh8#) 31. Rg4 Re5 {now the Black Q drops} 32.
Rxg7+ Rxg7 33. Qf3 Rxb5 34. Qxf6 Rh5+ 35. Kg1 b6 36. Qd8+ Kh7 37. Rf8 Rhg5
38. Rh8+ Kg6 39. Qd3+ Kf7 40. Qd7+ Kf6 41. Rh6+ R5g6 42. Rxg6+ Kxg6 43. Qd3+
Kf6 44. g3 Rf7 45. Kg2 Kg5 46. Qe3+ Kf5 47. Qd3+ Kg5 48. Qd5+ Kf6 49. g4 Kg7
{White slowly maneuvers the g pawn to create threats on the Black K.}
50. Kg3 Re7 51. g5 Kg6 52. Kg4 Kg7 53. Kh5 Kf8 54. g6 Ke8 55. Kh6 Rd7 56.
Qe6+ Kd8 57. g7 {threatening to Queen the g pawn} Rxg7 58. Kxg7 a4
59. Qd5+ Ke7 60. Qe4+ Kd6 61. Qxa4 Kc5 62. Qb3 Kc6 63. Kf7 Kc5 64. Ke6 c6
65. c3 b5 66. Qb4+ Kb6 67. c4 Kc7 68. cxb5 Kb6 69. Kd6 cxb5 70. Qc5+ Ka5 71.
Kc6 Ka4 72. Qxb5+ Ka3 73. Kc5 Ka2 74. Kc4 Ka1 75. Kc3 Ka2 76. Qb2# 1-0 White does an exchange sacrifice on f6 (R for N) and the Black Kingside is compromised. White has more active minor pieces than Black and quickly create threats on the Black Kingside position. White later plays the key move c3 which cuts off the Black Bishop from defending the Black Kingside and Black cannot stop checkmate. Evilone (2083)-Stupidity(2399) Internet Chess Club Game 15min 5 sec incr 11/26/98 1. e3 d5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. a3 {I decided to wait for Black's e5 move and play a delayed Keoni-Hiva Gambit. The a3 is a good waiting move since in some lines of this gambit Black tries to play Nb4 to knock out my B at d3.} e5 4. f4 exf4 5. Nf3 fxe3 6. Bd3 exd2+ 7. Bxd2 Be6 8. O-O Bc5+ 9. Kh1 O-O 10. Ng5 Nc6 11. Rxf6 Qxf6 12. Bxh7+ Kh8 13. Bd3 {I normally would play the Q to h5 in this type of position. The problem in this position is that Black can play 13...Qh6 and now the move 14.Nxf7+ does not work because of 14...Bxf7 attacking my Q.} g6 14. Qe1 Bf2 15. Qf1 Kg7 16. Nf3 Bh4 {Also possible was 16...Bd4, but this loses the Q to 17.Bg5 Bxf6+ 18.Bxf6 c3.}17. g3 Bh3 {Hmmn, this is really going to be very tricky. Okay Black has the Qxf3+ but he can drop the B back to f6 and threaten another check with Bd4+. I can cover with Ne2.} 18. Qxh3 Qxf3+ 19. Kg1 Bf6 20. Qh6+ Kg8 21. Ne2 Bxb2 ? {This is a clear mistake since White picks up 3 R moves Rf1, Rf4 & Rh4 to threaten checkmate. Best was 21...Bg7 giving further protection to thekingside.} 22. Rf1 Qg4 23. Rf4 Qe6 24. Rh4 Rfc8 25. c3 !{A very strong move since it cuts off the B from defending Black's K.} Qe5 26. Bxg6 !! {This B sac is the start of the combination to checkmate Black's K.} Qg7
White obtains an early lead in development and prevents Black from castling Kingside. Black later played f6 which weakened Black’s position. White’s Bishop sacrifice on f6 leads to checkmate. Evilone (2100) – Muavenet Playchess.com Game 10 min. 1/17/04 1. e3 e5 2. Nc3 d5 3. f4 e4 {Black declines the Keoni-Hiva Gambit} 4. d3 exd3 5. Bxd3 Nf6 6. Nf3 Bg4 (6... Bc5 7. O-O O-O 8. Na4 Bd6 9. c4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qe7 11. Nc3 Nc6 12. Nd4 Nxd4 13. exd4 Bg4 14. Qc2 Rfe8 {=/+ 0.34 Deep Fritz 8}) 7. O-O h6 8. Qe1 Bb4 9. Bd2 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Bxf3 11. Rxf3 Nbd7 12. e4 dxe4 13. Bxe4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4+ Kf8 15. Qxb7 (15. Rd1 Qc8 16. Rdd3 c5 17. Rg3 Nf6 18. Qe5 Qe6 19. Qxc5+ Qe7 20. Qxe7+ Kxe7 21. Rxg7 Rhe8 22. Bb4+ Ke6 23. Rd6+ Kf5 24. Bc3 Re6 25. g4+ Kxf4 26. Rxe6 fxe6 27. Bxf6 Rc8 28. c3 a5 29. Kf2 b5 30. Rg6 e5 31. Bg7 Ke4 32. Bxh6 {+- 8.34 Deep Fritz 8}) 15... Nb6 16. Rd3 Qc8 17. Qc6 f6 (17... Qe8 18. Qc5+ Kg8 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Rg3+ Kf6 21. Qc3+ Kf5 22. Qa5+ Kf6 23. Re1 Qxe1+ 24. Qxe1 {+- 13.22 Deep Fritz 8})
Evilone (2100) – Kotro Playchess.com Game 5 min. 12/5/04
1. e3 e5 2.
Nc3 d5 3. f4 e4
{Black
declines the Keoni-Hiva Gambit} 4. d3 f5 5.dxe4 fxe4
(5... dxe4 6. Qxd8+ Kxd8 7. Nh3 h6 8. Bd2 Be6 9. g4 g6 10. gxf5 gxf5 11. Nf2 Kc8
12. Bh3 Bd7 13. Ne2 Bc5 14. Bc3 Rh7 15. Rg1 Ne7 16. Rg3 h5 17. Nd4 Rf7 18. Rg5 h4
19. Bf1 Nbc6 20. Bc4 Bxd4 21. exd4 Rh7 {-+ 0.98 Deep Fritz 8})
6. Qh5+ g6 7.
Qe5+
{the R at h8
drops} 1-0 In the following game I tried a different sequence of moves. Instead of playing 1.e3 first I played 1.Nc3 which can transpose into a number of different gambits. My opponent avoids the gambit by pushing e4. Later on Black sacrificed a N for 2 pawns but the sac was not sound. Evilone (2100)-Alian06 (1868) Playchess.com Game 5 min. 10/26/05
1. Nc3
{a
different sequence of moves} e5 2. e3 d5 3. f4 e4 {Black declines the
Keoni-Hiva Gambit} 4. d3 Nf6 5. Bd2 (5. dxe4 Bb4 6. exd5 Nxd5 7. Qd4
Nxc3 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. a3 Bc5 10. bxc3 Re8 11. Bd3 Bg4 12. h3 Be6 13. Nf3
{+/= 0.64 Deep Fritz 8}) 5... Bd6 6. g3 O-O 7. Nge2 c5 8. Bg2 Re8 9. O-O
Nc6 10. h3 (10. dxe4 dxe4 11. h3 Re7 12. g4 Rd7 13. Qc1 Bxf4 14. Nxf4
Rxd2 15. g5 Ne8 16. Nxe4 {Deep Fritz 8}) 10... Bf5 11. g4 Nxg4 {+/-
2.02 pure speculation on Black's part, I believe White can hold the
position.} 12. hxg4 Bxg4 13. Qe1 f5 14. Nxd5 Bb8 15. Nec3 Nb4
{threatening Nxf2 forking both the Q & the White R at a1} 16. Nxb4 cxb4
{I had to eliminate this Black N} 17. Nd1 a5 18. dxe4 Ba7 19. Nf2 Qc7 20.
c3 h5 21. Nxg4 hxg4 22. cxb4 axb4 23. Bxb4 Qb6 24. Bd2 (24. e5 Rad8 25.
Ba5 Qxe3+ 26. Kh1 Qxe1 27. Raxe1 {+- 5.12 Deep Fritz 8}) 24...
Qxb2 25. Rb1 Qxa2 26. Rxb7 Rad8 27. Bc3 Qc4 28. Rxg7+ Kf8 29. Rxa7 {+- 14.18 Black
drops the B at a7, White now has the decisive advantage.} Rd3 30. Bd4
Rxd4 31. exd4 Qxd4+ 32. Qf2 Qd3 33. Qc5+ Kg8 34. exf5 Rd8 {+- it is mate
in 9 moves according to Deep Fritz 8} 35. Qe5 Rd7 36. Qe6+ Kf8 37. Rxd7
1-0 Black declines the gambit by developing a knight. I missed several chances to win this game which ended in a draw. Evilone (2100)-Gregorius VII(1844) Playchess.com Game 4m +2s 2/16/04
1. e3 e5 2.
Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 Nc6
{Black
declines the Keoni-Hiva Gambit by developing a N} 4. fxe5 Nxe5 5. d4 Ng6
6. e4 {white now frees his game with this pawn push.} d5 7. e5 Ne4 8.
Nf3 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Be7 10. Bd3 O-O 11. O-O c5 12. Bd2 c4 13. Bxg6 fxg6 14. Qe1
Bf5 15. Qd1 (15. Rc1 g5 16. e6 g4 17. Ne5 Bxe6 18. Bf4 Bf5 19. Rb1 Qc8
20. Nxc4 Bxc2 21. Ne3 Bd3 22. Nxd5 Bd8 23. Rf2 Bh4 24. Bg3 Bxg3 25. Ne7+ Kh8
26. hxg3 Qd7 27. Rbb2 {-+ 0.99 Deep Fritz 8}) 15... Be4 16. a4 Qd7 17.
Re1 Bxf3 18. gxf3 Qh3 19. Rf1 Rf5 20. f4 Rh5 21. Qe2 {guarding the h2
square} Qf5 22. Be3 Rf8 23. Rf3 Qe4
24. Raf1 Ba3
25. R3f2 Rh4 26. Qf3 h6 27. Qxe4 dxe4 28. f5 gxf5 29. Rxf5 Rg4+ 30. Kh1 Rxf5
31. Rxf5 Bb2 32. Bd2 Rg6 33. Rf4 e3 34. Bxe3 Bxc3 35. Re4 Re6 36. Bf4 Ra6
37. d5
(37. e6 Kf8
38. d5 Bf6 39. Rxc4 g5 40. Bd2 Kg7 41. a5 b6 42. Rc6 {+- 7.12 Deep Fritz 8
it seems I had missed the win}) 37... Kf7 38. d6 (38. e6+ Ke8 39.
Rxc4 Ba5 40. Bc7 Bxc7 41. Rxc7 Rb6 42. Rxg7 Kf8 43. Rf7+ Ke8 44. c4 a6 {+-
11.68 Deep Fritz 8 another easy win missed}) 38... Ke6 39. Rxc4 Bxe5 40.
Re4 Kxd6 41. Bxe5+ Kd5 42. Re2 g5 43. Bg7 h5 44. Rd2+ (44. Re5+ Kc4 45.
a5 Rg6 46. Re7 Ra6 47. Rc7+ Kd5 48. Bc3 b6 49. Rg7 Kc4 50. Bd2 bxa5 51. Rxg5
a4 52. Rxh5 a3 53. Rh6 Rb6 54. Rh4+ Kd5 55. Rh5+ Kd4 56. Ra5 {+- 3.94 Deep
Fritz 8}) 44... Kc4 45. Rd4+ Kc5 46. Rd3 (46. Re4 g4 47. Re5+ Kb6 48.
Re6+ Ka5 49. Rxa6+ Kxa6 50. Kg2 Ka5 51. Kg3 Kxa4 52. Kh4 g3 53. hxg3 Kb4 54.
Kxh5 {+- `3.75 Deep Fritz 8 this wins also}) 46... Rxa4 47. Bf8+ Kc4 48.
Rg3 g4 49. Re3 Ra2 50. Re2 b5 51. Kg2 h4 52. Re4+ Kc3 53. Rxg4 Rxc2+ 54. Kh3
Rd2 55. Rxh4 Rd3+ 56. Kg4 b4 57. Bg7+ Kc2 58. h3 b3 59. Kf5 b2 60. Rc4+ Kb3
61. Rc8 Rd5+ 62. Ke4 Rb5 63. Bxb2 Kxb2 64. h4 Rb4+ 65. Kd5 Rxh4 66. Ra8 Rh7
67. Kc6 Kb3 68. Kb5 Kc3 69. Ka6 Kb4 70. Rxa7 {now it is dead drawn,
equal material} Rxa7+ 71. Kxa7 1/2-1/2 Black can avoid the Keoni-Hiva Gambit by transposing into a Blackburne-Hartlaub (1.d4 e5 2.dxe4 d6) type of gambit after 1.e3 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4 d6 4.fxe5 Ng4. This line gives Black an equal game. Analysis Blackburne-Hartlaub Type of Gambit Nakamura & Deep Junior 10
1. e3 e5 2.
Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d6 4. fxe5 Ng4 5. exd6
(5. Nf3 c6 6. d4 Be7 7. Bd3 dxe5 8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. dxe5 Nd7 10. O-O {= Deep
Junior 10}) 5... Bxd6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. d4 O-O (7... Qe7 8. e4 Bxh2 9.
Nxh2 Qh4+ 10. Kd2 Qf2+ 11. Qe2 Qf4+ 12. Kd1 Qg3 13. Nf3 Nf2+ 14. Kd2 Nxh1
15. Qe3 Qf2+ 16. Qxf2 Nxf2 {=/+ 0.57 Deep Junior 10}) 8. Bd3 Re8 9. Qe2
(9. O-O Nxe3 10. Bxe3 Rxe3 11. Qd2 Rxf3 12. gxf3 Bh3 13. Rf2 Qh4 14. f4 Nxd4
15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Qxd4 g6 17. Ne4 Be7 18. Qd5 Qg4+ 19. Kh1 Rd8 20. Qxf7+
Kh6 21. Nc3 Bc5 22. Rg1 Qf5 23. Qxf5 Bxf5 24. Re2 Bxg1 25. Kxg1 {= Deep
Junior 10}) 9... Nb4 10. O-O c5 11. Bb5 Nc6 12. Qd3 {= Deep Junior 10} *
This game
below was my one and only attempt to play a Keoni-Hiva Gambit in a
tournament game. Already after playing 1.e3 my opponent side-steps the
gambit by playing 1…c5. I really had to improvise over the board to play a
different kind of game. At one point in the game my opponent sacrifices a Q
for R & B. It really could have gone Black’s way but I managed to push my
center pawns to create threats and win a B and took control of the 7th
rank with my Q & R. This decided the outcome of the game. Clyde Nakamura (2090) – Wilma Chavira (2230) Saitek US Masters 7/21/98 1. e3 c5 2. Nc3 d5 3. f4 {I should have played a3 which could have baited my opponent into playing e4 & transposing into the Keoni-Hiva Gambit.} d4 4. Ne4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qa5 6. Be2 Nf6 {Black could have played dxe3 but Deep Fritz 8 says that Nf6 is better.} 7.Nxf6+ exf6 8. O-O {= position still equal according to Deep Fritz 8} Bd6 9. c3 O-O 10. b4 (10. Qc2 Rd8 11. Bd3 h6 12. Bh7+ Kh8 13. Be4 dxe3 14. dxe3 Be6 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. e4 Re8 17. c4 Rad8 18. Bd2 Qc7 19. f5 Bc8 20. Rad1 Qe7 21. Rfe1 Bc7 22. Bc3 Rxd1 23. Qxd1 Kg8 24. Qd2 {+/= 0.66 according to Deep Fritz 8, not a very big advantage for White. It is really still anybody's game.}) 10... cxb4 11. cxd4 Be6 12. Bb2 Qb6 13. Qe1 {I wanted to swing the White Q to h4 to start a Kingside attack.} Rfc8 14. Qh4 b3 15. axb3 (15. Bd3 h6 16. axb3 a5 17. Qg3 Nb4 18. Be4 {= Deep Fritz 8} Bf8) 15... Qxb3 16. Bc3 Nb4 (16... Bf5 17. Qg3 a5 18. Nh4 Bc2 19. Bg4 Rc7 20. Bf3 Bd3 21. Rfe1 Bf8 22. e4 a4 23. Nf5 Nb4 24. Ne3 Rxc3 25. dxc3 Qxc3 26. Nf5 Nc2 27. Rec1 {=} Ra5) 17. Rfb1 Rxc3 {this was also recommended by Deep Fritz 8} (17... Qc2 18. Bxb4 Bxb4 19. Rxb4 Bd5 20. Qh5 Rd8 21. Rb5 Qc6 22. Rc5 Qe6 23. Bd3 g6 24. Qh4 b6 25. Rc3 {+- 4.64 Deep Fritz 8 White is an exchange up and has a winning game.}) 18. Rxb3 Rxb3 19. e4 Nd3 (19... Rb2 20. f5 Bb3 21. e5 Be7 22. Qh5 a6 23. Bd1 Bd5 24. Rc1 {/= 0.28 not much of an edge for White}) 20. e5 Be7 21. Bxd3 Rxd3 22. Qe1 Bd5 23. Qe2 Rb3 24. d3 (24. Ra5 Bxf3 25. gxf3 a6 26. Kf2 Rb2 27. Qc4 fxe5 28. fxe5 Rxd2+ 29. Kg3 Re8 30. Qc3 Rd1 31. Rd5 Rg1+ 32. Kf2 Rh1 33. Rd7 Kf8 34. Kg2 Rb1 35. Qc2 Rb6 36. d5 Ba3 37. Qc7 Rg6+ 38. Kf1 Kg8 39. d6 h6 40. Qc3 Bxd6 41. exd6 {+- 6.64 Deep Fritz 8}) 24... h6 25. Qc2 Rb6 26. Qc7 Bd8 27. Qc5 Bc6 28. Kf2 (28. exf6 Rb5 29. Qc4 gxf6 30. Re1 a5 31. Nd2 Bb6 32. Re7 Rd5 33. Nf3 a4 34. Qa2 a3 {-/+ 0.78 and this is not good for White. the move 28.exf6 suggested by Deep Fritz 8 is not good}) 28... Rb5 29. Qc4 Bd7 30. Kg3 {putting my King to safety} Rc8 31. Qa2 a5 32. d5 Rc3 33. e6 Be8 34. d6 fxe6 (34... Rxd3 35. Qc4 Rbd5 36. e7 Rxd6 37. exd8=Q Rxd8 38. Rxa5 { +- 2.79 still not an easy game for White}) 35. Qxe6+ Bf7
White threatens checkmate at g7
or Qg7+ picking off the B at g6, Black had to resign. TRANSPOSITIONS TO A KEONI-HIVA GAMBIT FROM OTHER OPENINGS 1.Nc3 e5 2.f4 (Colorado Gambit) exf4 3.Nf3 Clyde Nakamura (2100) – FireFly (2330) 1/6/07 Game 25 min. 1. Nc3 e5 2. f4 {the Colorado Gambit} exf4 3. Nf3 Qf6 {better was 3...d5, I do not believe the Q belongs on f6 in this position} 4. e4 fxe3 5. Bd3 {transposing into the Keoni-Hiva Gambit} Bb4 6. O-O exd2 7. Bxd2 Qb6+ 8. Kh1 Bd6 9. Nd5 Qc5 10. c4 f6 11. b4 Qc6 {Black is getting into deeper & deeper into trouble, Whites pieces are being activated very quickly.} 12. Nd4 Qa6 13. Qe2+ Kd8 14. c5 b5 15. cxd6 (15. Rae1 Ne7 16. Nxc7 Be5 17. Nxa6 Bxa6 18. Nf3 d6 19. Nxe5 dxe5 20. a4 Kc7 21. axb5 Bb7 22. Qg4 Rd8 23. Qxg7 Rxd3 24. Qxe7+ Nd7 25. c6 Rc8 26. cxd7 Rxd7 27. b6+ Kb8 (27... axb6 28. Rc1+ Kb8 29. Qxd7 {+- mate in 8 according to Deep Fritz 8}) 28. Qxd7 {+- mate in 9 according to Deep Fritz 8}) 15... Qxd6
CONCLUSION The Keoni-Hiva Gambit has been one of my deadliest chess opening gambits. I have taken many wins against 2200+ rated players on the Internet Chess Club and the US Chess Federation Server at various time controls ranging from game 5 minutes to game 15 minutes. The Keoni-Hiva Gambit is indeed the “Holy Grail” of chess and the ultimate chess opening gambit. The only problem with the Keoni-Hiva Gambit is that after 1.e3 Black may not play 1…e5. Black could play a number of different moves such as 1…c5, 1…d5 1…g6, 1…Nf6, 1….Nc6 and etc. And also Black can decline the gambit by not even entering into the Keoni-Hiva Gambit. There is an alternative first move for the Keoni-Hiva Gambit (instead of 1.e3) and that is 1.Nc3 which has the advantage of transposing into other gambits and openings such as:
To play the Keoni-Hiva Gambit, you need to be completely fearless. Some chess players cringe at the possibility of being two pawns down or even one pawn down in the opening. You will have to have faith that the Keoni-Hiva Gambit will win the day. It took me awhile to develop the Keoni-Hiva Gambit. I had to take a large number of early losses to develop this gambit, to discover its many tactical motifs and strategical nuances. In the Keoni-Hiva Gambit if Black takes all three pawns, White will have a development advantage and very active minor pieces. If Black castles kingside, White’s kingside attack will be very strong. The game will be an open game and White has to position his pieces on key active squares on the board. And look for a move which will constrict Black’s development. You have to know what pieces are good and which are bad. You would like to exchange off your bad or inactive pieces for your opponents active pieces. And be aware that combinations do exist in the positions. There are some standard sacrifices and tactics that you will have to know to play this gambit correctly. In the games where Black only takes the f- and e-pawns, White has to play the move e4 which will free his game, otherwise White will have a very difficult time developing his Queenside pieces and cannot reach full development. I have not seen many Keoni-Hiva Gambit games where Black has castled Queenside, but that is an area that will have to be explored further. In all three main lines of the Keoni-Hiva Gambit I have not explored the move 5.d4 after 4…fxe3. White actually need not sacrifice three pawns to get a good game. That is an area of future exploration with games and analysis to show that this line is also good. For those of you who already play the Franco-Hiva Gambit (1.e4 e6 2.d4 f5 3.exf5 Nf6), the Keoni-Hiva Gambit should be easy to play because you have the same kind of tactics and strategy in both chess openings. There exist other openings that can transpose into a Keoni-Hiva Gambit and one of them is the Colorado Gambit (1.Nc3 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3) and White eventually sacrifices the e and d pawns for development. Also possible is the Osiris Gambit (1.f4 e5 (Froms Gambit) 2.Nf3) 3.Nf3 exf4 4.e3 transposing into a Keoni-Hiva Gambit. There also exist other versions of the Keoni-Hiva Gambit than the four main lines covered in this article. Below are some possible different versions of the Keoni-Hiva. 1.e3 e5 2.Nc3 d6 3.f4 exf4 4.Nf3 (Black plays an early d6 – this is not really a good move for Black because the d6 pawn blocks the movement of the Black Bishop at f8 to c5 an active square. Black would have to waste a move to play d5 to activate this Bishop.) 1.e3 e5 2.Nc3 f5 3.f4 exf4 4.Nf3 (Black plays an early f5 – reversed Kings Gambit) 1.e3 e5 2.Nc3 g6 3.f4 exf4 4.Nf3 (Black plays an early g6 Kingside fianchetto)
1.e3 e5 2.Nc3 b6 3.f4 exf6 4.Nf3
(Black plays an early b6 Queenside fianchetto) REFERENCES Gambit Chess Openings by Eric Schiller page 533-534 Yahoo Unorthodox Chess Openings Newsgroups Messages: 661, 662, 904, 905, 1008, 1065, 1186, 1265, 1266, 1361, 1634, 1864, 2235, 2257, 2267, 3455, 3456, 3459, 3460, 3461, 3462, 3464, 3474, 3750, 3754, 3755, 3763, 3764, 4228, 4819, 4820, 4821, 4887, 4890, 4915, 5141, 5149, 5290, 5307, 5308, 5312, 5313, 5313, 5318, 5319, 5320, 6180, 6181, 6186, 6191 Yahoo Unorthodox Chess Openings Newsgroups Files:
khiv4r.pgn ….. Recent Keoni-Hiva Gambit games -
4 games with notes by Fritz8
________________________________________________________________________ Copyright 2007 Clyde Nakamura. All rights reserved.
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