Latvian gambit

The Latvian Gambit is a chess opening characterised by the moves:

There is also a Poisoned Pawn variation in the Latvian Gambit: 1.

The Latvian Gambit lives!

In chess opening theory, Svedenborg has a variation named after him in the Latvian Gambit.

Pupols beat young Bobby Fischer with a Latvian Gambit.

The new name Latvian Gambit was made official by the FIDE Congress of 1937.

There are dozens of different openings, varying widely in character from quiet positional play (for example, the Réti Opening) to very aggressive (the Latvian Gambit).

Prof. Nagesh Havanur, The Latvian Gambit Revisited, Part One, chessville.com.

According to Latvian Gambit experts Kon Grivainis and John Elburg, Black wins more often than White in this line.

The computer scored a draw in game two (after getting a completely winning position but being outplayed by Levy in the endgame) and a win in game four, when Levy essayed the very sharp, dubious Latvian Gambit.

Examples of this include the Albin Countergambit to the Queen's Gambit, the Falkbeer Countergambit to the King's Gambit, and the Greco Counter Gambit (the former name of the Latvian Gambit).

Author Paul van der Sterren, in his book Fundamental Chess Openings, wrote "What is required to play the Latvian Gambit with any degree of success is a sharp eye for tactics and a mental attitude of total contempt for whatever theory has to say about it".