[Event "Live Chess"] [Site "Chess.com"] [Date "2025.01.04"] [Round "-"] [White "WhimsicalNimzi"] [Black "MrYerome"] [Result "1-0"] [CurrentPosition "r3r1k1/5p2/pqn1pPpQ/1p1pn3/8/PP4RP/1BP3PK/R7 b - -"] [Timezone "UTC"] [ECO "D04"] [ECOUrl "https://www.chess.com/openings/Colle-System"] [UTCDate "2025.01.04"] [UTCTime "08:03:48"] [WhiteElo "735"] [BlackElo "731"] [TimeControl "300"] [Termination "WhimsicalNimzi won by resignation"] [StartTime "08:03:48"] [EndDate "2025.01.04"] [EndTime "08:08:08"] [Link "https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/121910704736?tab=analysis"] [WhiteUrl "https://images.chesscomfiles.com/uploads/v1/user/404603673.ecb4c7b0.50x50o.653273912e8d.jpg"] [WhiteCountry "2"] [WhiteTitle ""] [BlackUrl "https://images.chesscomfiles.com/uploads/v1/user/65727192.16117734.50x50o.ae6f7a18ee4e.png"] [BlackCountry "52"] [BlackTitle ""] 1. d4 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. h3 Bxf3 5. Qxf3 e6 6. Bd3 Be7 7. b3 O-O 8. Bb2 b6 9. Nd2 c5 10. a3 Nc6 11. Qe2 cxd4 12. exd4 h6 13. Nf3 Bd6 14. O-O Re8 15. Ne5 Bxe5 16. dxe5 Nd7 17. f4 a6 18. Qh5 b5 19. Rf3 Nc5 20. Rg3 Nxd3 21. Qxh6 Qb6+ 22. Kh2 g6 23. f5 Ndxe5 24. f6 1-0

I you head on over to the Classroom tab and look under the Leonhardt Gambit Introduction you will find a link that downloads all the PGN files and annotations that I have made. With these files you are able to create your own Chessable course for practice! (Check out the Resourses Classroom -> Chessable to learn how to create a private course. Even if you have a free Chessable account you can have 5 course active at a time!) I went back into my Lichess study and trimmed down the number of variations so this course is super manageable and realistic in what you will face OTB and online. Time Saver Tip! I went to openingtree.com and looked at how often I faced Accepted vs. Declined by my opponents. Accepted - 52 games Declined - 5 games **If you only want to study the accepted variations you will greatly cut down your over all study time (14 variations total)** My Goal going forward is to create better annotations for you all in future PGN files and opening guides. I did my edits for these files over the past 2 days so that you all have them for the New Year. Next I will be going back and Creating download files for the Scorpion Horus Gambit! Please send me feedback either here or in messages!

Next opening guide is going to be a 1 off mini video going over the 4 Pawns Attack versus the Alekhine Defense by black. This is the most aggressive response for white to play but gives us the most advantage (if played properly) The games can be very sharp! Look for the video either Monday or Tuesday of this week!

I forgot to post when the second part went up live but now you have access to all 3 parts! Both of the major videos going over the Accepted Var. and Declined Var. are up on my YouTube as well as over in the Classroom page. If you guys end up playing this gambit (whether successfully or not) please share here on skool so we can all learn from your game together! I will try to add more Leonhardt Gambit games into the Model Games Study that I have going so you guys can reference it in the future! Cheers and thanks for all the support!

Was diving back into some Caro-Kann studying yesterday and came across this obscure line suggested by the guys over at Chessgoals.com that I was able to use it in one of my games today resulting in solid success. Lichess Study: https://lichess.org/study/tdAtThez/1nfVp3B1#9 How many of you would have thought to play black's suggested move 5 this position? I certainly would not have if I was not already aware of the idea.