Hogeye Gambit Overview and Index

Overview Main Line Replay Game Replay Theory Table PGN file PDF booklet

The Hogeye Gambit is actually a move-order rather than an independent opening. It is a forcing way to get into an Italian Game - that is a Giuoco Piano or Two Knights Defense - without allowing specialty defenses to 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3. It not only avoids counter-attacks like the Latvian countergambit and Elephant Gambit, but also black's preferred lines in the Philador and Petroff defenses.

There are three parts to the Hogeye Gambit.

1. Early deviations and the Scotch Gambit
2. The Two Knights Defense - Modern Variation
3. The Giuoco Piano - Steinitz-Sveshnikov Variation

There other ways of playing against the Two Knights (like Morphy's 5 0-0) and the Giuoco (6 Bd2 with an IQP game, or 6 Nc3 the Moller Attack), so these lines can be matched to your own repertoire.

• Main Line Replay shows the main variations on an interactive chess board.
• Game Replay displays analysis and key games.
• Chess Theory Table shows the opening lines in standard ECO form for printing.
• PGN formatted games for chess programs.
• PDF booklet if you prefer a pamphlet.