Swiss Gambit

The Swiss Gambit is a variant of the Bird Opening. Henry Edward Bird played this gambit as the first champion in 1873. From 1858 is an earlier batch of a certain Joachim Vollrath known.

They will play the opening moves

The goal of this campaign is to play froms gambit in a suit. White leaves after 2 ... f5xe4 3 d2 -d3 e4xd3 4 Lf1xd3 follow and receives for the peasant attack on the kingside. He has over froms gambit the train f2 - f4 for free, which is an advantage in some variants.

The Wagner Gambit is a variant of the Swiss Gambit: 4.g4 Nf6 3.Nc3 2 ... fxe4.

Jokingly, the term Swiss Gambit is sometimes also used for a deliberate first round defeat in a chess tournament, which will be played according to the Swiss system. It is speculated that you meet through the deliberate losing in the first round during the remaining tournament on weaker opponents.

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