Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Icelandic Gambit

The Icelandic Gambit (or Palme Gambit) arises after 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.c4 e6!? It's invented by Icelandic masters who looked for an alternative to the more common 3...c6 were it often ends up in the Panov-Botvinnik variation of the Caro-Kann.

So, I plan to make a post of every game were I face Icelandic Gambit or Portugese Gambit otb. I recently started to look at this variation, and I lack even more theory knowledge of this opening than the Portuguese ;-)

As with the Portuguese it didn't take long after I had a look at it, before I faced it. I played a weaker player, so the theory of the game is pretty non-existent, but here you go:

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