Great video - thanks. At 1:22 Rxf5 is stronger than Nxf7 when they play e6. Nxf7 is usually winning for me quite easily with the Queen and Rook fork. Stockish also gives Rxf5 as the most crushing move. Also 9.Ne2 is another way it seems to destroy black potentially. E.g. Be7 (seemingly natural), Nf4 and even technically White is significantly better now. The point being if 0-0 then Ngxe6 for Nfxe6 with advantage to White. Cheers, K
Hey there! Great stuff as always. I saw a video where you showed what to do against 4.)…e5, i believe, where you go 5.)Qh5, but I cant find that video anymore. Any chance someone can share the link? Thanks so much!
I played this exact line against someone who knew the refutation. I lost badly and switched to playing the Fantasy. I play the Caro-Kann myself and I would love to face the Von Hennig Gambit precisely because it’s ultimately bad for white. Also, even if your opponent doesn’t know the refutation, the other variations are by no means easy. Black has many defensive resources, and Qxd4+ is a common and easy to overlook move black can throw in to disrupt an attack.
@@itayn6422 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. f3 exf3 6. Nxf3 Bf5 7. O-O e6 8. Ng5 Bg6 At this point, white has no initiative without making some losing sacrifices. Graif does advocate for these sacrifices, but black gets a material advantage at the end that white will struggle to play against. The line continues: 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. Nxe6 Qd7 11. Bg5 Qxe6 12. Bxf6 Kd7 Black is up a piece for a pawn, and the king will soon be safe. Most people won’t play Kd7, though. Instead it’s more likely to see gxf6, which is still okay for black. If 12… gxf6, the line continues: 13. Re1 Qxe1 14. Qxe1+ Kd8 Now black has a rook, knight, and bishop for a queen and a pawn. White’s initiative has almost entirely burned up and will need to play the endgame precisely to avoid losing due to black’s material advantage. While it may only be one point right now, black’s lower-value pieces can control more squares than white’s queen when they are well-coordinated, and they can bully white’s queen and rook around.
