AMM wrote on 08/26/11 at 21:08:10:
I am in accordance with Smyslov_Fan: the position, by trasposition of Latvian gambit, it was known after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 3.Bc4 b5?! 4.Bb3! d6 5.d4 fxe4.
Now 6.dxe5! is strongest ( of course also 6.Nxe5!? dxe5 7.Qh5+ Kd7 8.Qxe5 etc. ) 6..c6 7.Ng5 d5 ( "Semi"-Latvian 2..f5 3.Bc4 d6 4.d4 c6 5.dxe5 fxe4 6.Ng5 d5 7.Bb3 b5 ) but now besides 8.e6 ( Schild-Bullockus, cr ICCF, 1979 ) where Black can improve with 8..Qa5+ 9.Bd2 Qc7 10.Nf7 Bxe6 11.Nxh8 Nf6 as another positions of Latvian, I would prefer 8.Nc3 Bb4 9.e6 or 8.Nxe4 etc. ( Strelis-Alberts, cr Atars 4, 1979 ) as my previous above quote
Finally home in Newark, New Jersey. I managed to locate the PCG:Newark Gambit folder in a box of old chess folders. A couple of interesting points need to be mentioned.
First, I have the ICC computer call the Newark Gambit by a different name, one I never heard of. That second name is
Philidor: Lopez Counter Gambit.
Search me, the only Lopez I know is Ruy Lopez from the 16th century. So, any PCG games by whoever Lopez was? Because I don't think Ruy Lopez proposed 4...b5 against the Philidor...
Second, some games with the 5 Bb3 line that Senor Melchor so likes.
1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 f5 4 Bc4 b5 5 Bb3 fxe4 6 Nxe5?! dxe5 7 Qh5+ Kd7 8 Nc3 Nf6 9 Qxe5 Qe7 10 Qxb5 Qe7 11 Qa4 Qb4 12 Bg5 Qxa4 13 Bxa4 Bb4 14 000 Bxc3 15 bxc3 Nd5 16 c4 Nc3 17 Bb3 Nxd1 18 Rxd1 Na6 19 d5 c5 20 Ba4+ Kd6 21 Bf4+ Ke7 22 d6+ Kf6 23 Bc6 Rb8 24 d7 Bxd7 25 Rxd7 Rbd8 26 Rxa7 Nb4 27 Bxe4 Rd4 28 f3 Rhd8 29 c3 Rd1+ 30 Kb2 Nd3+ 31 Bxd3 R8xd3 32 h4 h6 33 a4 g5 34 hxg5 hxg5 35 Bc1 Rg1 36 a5 Rxg2+ 37 Kb3 Rd1 38 Be3 Rb1+ 39 Ka3 Ra1 40 Kb3 Rga2 41 Bxc5 Rxa5 42 Rxa5 Rxa5 43 Kb4 Ra8 44 Bd4+ Ke6 45 c5 Kd5 46 Kb5 Rb8+ 47 Ka6 Kc6 48 Ka7 Rb1, White forfeits on time, E4C5 - Zilbermints, Internet Chess Club 3-minute blitz, 6 September 2007.
Nex - Zilbermints, 5-minute rated blitz, ICC, 2004, went 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 f5 4 Bc4 b5 5 Bb3 fxe4 6 Nxe5?! dxe5 7 Qh5+ Kd7 8 Qxe5 Bd6 9 Qxg7 Ne7 10 Nc3 a6 11 Nxe4 Kc6 12 Bg5 Qf8 13 Qh6 Qxh6 14 Bxh6 Nf5 15 Be3 Nxe3 16 fxe3 Bf5 17 Nc3 Kb6 18 00 Bg6 19 e4 Nd7 20 e5 Bb4 21 Nd5+ Ka5 22 c3 Bf8 23 Nxc7 Rc8 24 Ne6 Bh6 25 a4 b4 26 c4 Rhe8 27 d5 Nc5 28 Nxc5 Be3+ 29 Kh1 Bxc5 30 e6 Bd6 31 Rf3 Kb6 =+ and 0-1/42.
kikian - Zilbermints, ICC 3 0 rated blitz, 28 May 2005, went 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 d6 3 d4 f5 4 Bc4 b5 5 Bb3 fxe4 6 Nxe5 dxe5 7 Qh5+ Kd7 8 Bxg8 Rxg8 9 Qf7+ Kc6 10 Qxg8?? Bb4+ 0-1.
The game Schild-Bullockus cr, 1979 (noted as 1988 in the chesslive.de database) went 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 f5 3 Bc4 b5 4 Bb3 d6 5 d4 fxe4 6 Ng5 d5 7 dxe5 c6 8 e6 Nh6? 1-0/20.
Instead, the computer suggests 8...Nf6! 9 Nf7 Qc7 10 Nxh8 Bxe6 11 Nc3 Nbd7 12 f3 ef3 13 gf3 000 14 Be3 Re8 15 00 Bd6 16 Qd2 Nc5 =