It would be nice for Gawain to do an update on the Scotch Gambit around his wins over Gupta and David Howell.
As a confirmed TKD player I would love to get his take on the line he played against Gupta. The line he used vs Howell shocked me a bit, I too had been preparing this to use as a surprise weapon for white in upcoming tournaments, but upon closer scrutiny came to the conclusion that it offered White less than nothing. Funnily enough this was another line suggested on one of Dzinzi's early DVD's.
The move 4.Ng5 is a good move in theory, but not in praxis
Black has a ferocious initiative OTB and although White sometimes prevails, its always an unweidly mess and that suits Black. Interestingly Nigel Short avoided 4.Ng5 in the commonwealth championship and I think it has to do with the Coleman Variation - 8.Qf3 Rb8 9.Bd3 Bd6! after which White has to walk a tight rope to avoid a miniature. Nakamura's 8.Bd3 is well met by Nd5 with good comp for the pawn. None of the recent DVD's [Trent, Davies, Martin, Dzindzi] or Books [CBM's] will help you against the suggested lines as they are either not covered or covered superficially in passing.
Mikhailevski will never cover these lines, as he snobbishly covers only elite events to the exclusion of everything else, [Marshall Berlin Petroff and Scotch Game being par for the course]. So for varieties sake and for the rare chance to see how the other 1.e4 e5 half lives its over to you Gawain
Toppy
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