The Omega Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.

e4) Part 1
Introduction

After I had independently discovered the Gibbins-Weidenhagen Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.g4) I
realized that there was another possible gambit after 1.d4 Nf6. I believed that 2.e4 was
possible. I named this new gambit the Omega Gambit after watching a Charlton Heston
movie called "The Omega Man". Omega (Ω) is also the last letter in the Greek alphabet.

The Omega gambit can also be played by the move sequence 1.e4 Nf6 which is an Alekhine’s Defense (1.e4
Nf6) and 2.d4. National Master Robert Reynolds, Grandmaster Hellers, Grandmaster Nick DeFirmian, Master
Tim McGrew of the Gambit Cartel on www.chesscafe.com and according to Eric Schiller a number of
Chicago players had also played this gambit. The Omega Gambit has also been called the Reynolds Gambit
and the Bo Gambit.

The main Omega Gambit accepted line is 1.d4 Nf6 2.e4 Nxe4 3.Nc3 Nxc3 4.bxc3.

The variation 1.d4 Nf6 2.e4 Nxe4 3.Bd3 is called the Arafat Gambit. Another possible accepted line is 1.d4
Nf6 2.e4 Nxe4 3.Nd2 which was suggested by my computer chess program Zarkov. Also possible is 1.d4 Nf6
2.e4 Nxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 where Black does not exchange his Knight. This is the other main accepted line. If
Black does not play the 2…Nxc3 move right away White can still play the gambit by playing 3.Be3.

The following game was my first tournament game with the Omega Gambit, from the year 1985. This game
appeared in a Rand Springer article in German with the title of “Freak Offense”. I went on to play some test
games against some of my computer chess programs and in many 5-minute blitz games on the Internet Chess
Club, The USCL Chess Server and on Playchess.com.

Clyde Nakamura – Scott Roods

Hawaii 1985

1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 Nxe4 3. Bd3 Nf6 4. Bg5 d5 5. Nd2 e6 6. f4 Nc6 7. c3 h6 8. Bh4 Qd6 9. Nh3 Ne4 10. Nxe4
dxe4 11. Bxe4 Bd7 12. O-O Be7 13. Bg3 f5 14. Qh5+ Kd8 15. Bc2 Be8 16. Qe2 Kd7 17. Rad1 Rd8 18. d5
exd5 19. Bxf5+ 1-0

Omega Gambit Accepted

Main accepted line

1.d4 Nf6 2.e4 Nxe4 3.Nc3 Nxc3 4.bxc3

Black has exchanged his King Knight for White’s Queen Knight. The tempo count remains the same but Black
has weakened his king side. He has one less piece guarding the king. White has the two Bishops, a half open
b-file and a half open e-file to work with. White’s king side attack if very dangerous and Black has to play a
very precise defense to survive.

I 4…e6 5.Bd3 d5 6.Nf3 c5 (Black plays a pure French Defense type of pawn formation with c5.)

Evilone (2067) – sss20 (1910)

Internet Chess Club 10/26/97

1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 Nxe4 3. Nc3 Nxc3 4. bxc3 e6 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 {The French Pawn formation.} 7. Ng5 h6
{?} 8. Qh5 Qf6 (8... g6 9. Bxg6 fxg6 10. Qxg6+ Kd7 11. Nf7 (11. Qxe6+ Kc7 12. Bf4+ Bd6 13. Bxd6+ Qxd6
14. Qxd6+ Kxd6 15. Nf7+ Ke7 16. Nxh8 Kf6 17. O-O-O Nc6 18. Rde1 Bf5 19. dxc5 Rxh8 20. Re2 Rc8 21. f3
h5 22. Rhe1 {= 0.00}) 11... Qe7 12. Nxh8 Qg7 13. Qxg7+ Bxg7 14. Nf7 cxd4 15. Bxh6 Bxh6 16. Nxh6 dxc3
17. f4 Ke7 18. Ng4 Nc6 19. h4 Nd4 20. Ne3 Bd7 21. h5 Ba4 22. Kd1 Rg8 23. h6 Nxc2 24. Nxc2 Rxg2 25. Rc1
Rd2+ 26. Ke1 Bxc2 27. h7 Bxh7 28. Rxh7+ Kf6 29. Rxc3 Rxa2 30. Rxb7 a5 31. Rc8 Ra4 32. Rf8+ Kg6 33.
Ke2 Ra2+ 34. Ke3 Ra4 35. Re7 Re4+ 36. Kf3 a4 37. Rg8+ Kf6 38. Rgg7 e5 39. fxe5+ Kf5 40. Rgf7+ Kg5 41.
Rf8 Re1 42. Kf2 Rb1 43. Rg7+ Kh6 44. Rg4 Kh7 45. e6 Rb2+ 46. Kg3 Rb3+ 47. Kh4 Rb6 48. Rf7+ Kh8 49.
Rf6 Rb7 50. Rh6+ Rh7 51. Rxh7+ Kxh7 52. e7 a3 53. e8=Q a2 54. Qh5#) 9. Nxf7 c4 10. Nxh8+ Ke7 11.
Ng6+ Kd7 12. Ne5+ Kc7 13. Be2 Nd7 14. Nxd7 (14. f4 Rb8 15. Rb1 Bd6 16. Nf7 Be7 17. f5 Qxf5 18. Qxf5
exf5 19. Bf4+ Kc6 20. Bxb8 Nxb8 21. Ne5+ Kd6 22. Bf3 b6 23. Kd1 Be6 24. Re1 Bf6 25. Ng6 Bg5 26. h4
Bf6 27. Rb5 Bf7 28. Nh8 Be6 29. Rxe6+ Kxe6 30. Bxd5+ Kd6 31. Bxc4 Bxh4 32. Rxf5 Nc6 33. Ng6 Be7 34.
Nxe7 Nxe7 35. Rf7 g6 36. Rf6+ Kc7 37. Bd3 Nd5 38. Rxg6 Nxc3+ 39. Kd2 Nb1+ 40. Ke3 Nc3 41. Rxh6 {+-
11.93}) 14... Bxd7 15. O-O Bd6 16. Be3 Rf8 17. g3 g5 18. h4 Rg8 19. hxg5 hxg5 20. Qf3 Qh6 21. Qh5 Qf6
22. Kg2 e5 23. Rh1 e4 24. Qh6 Rg6 25. Qh7 Rg7 26. Qh8 Qf7 27. Rh6 Be7 28. Rah1 1-0

II 4…g6 (Black plays a king side fianchetto.)

Evilone (2019) – Stryker (2000)

Playchess.com 1/17/04 Game 6 min.

1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 Nxe4 3. Nc3 Nxc3 4. bxc3 g6 5. Bd3 Bg7 6. Bf4 O-O 7. Qd2 {White intends to trade off his
dark squared B for Black's B and push the h pawn down the h file to open up the h file to line up the Q & R for
the king side attack.} b6 8. h4 Re8 9. Nf3 d6 10. h5 Nd7 11. hxg6 hxg6 12. Bh6 Bf6 13. O-O-O c6 14. Qf4
b5 15. Qh2 Qa5 16. Bg5 Bg7 (16... Kf8 17. Bxf6 Qa3+ (17... exf6 18. Bxg6 fxg6 19. Qh8+ Ke7 20. Rde1+
Kd8 21. Qxe8+ Kc7 22. Rh7 Kb7 23. Rxd7+ Bxd7 24. Qxd7+ Qc7 25. Re7 Qxd7 26. Rxd7+ Kb6 27. Rxd6
Rf8 28. Nh4 g5 29. Nf5 g4 30. Re6 Kc7 31. Kd2 a5 32. Ke3 Kd7 33. Re7+ Kd8 34. Kf4 a4 35. Kxg4 Rh8 36.
Ra7 Rh2 37. Ne3 {+- 6.81 Fritz8}) 18. Kb1 exf6 19. Bxg6 fxg6 20. Qh8+ Ke7 21. Rde1+ Kd8 22. Qxe8+ Kc7
23. Re7 b4 24. c4 c5 25. Rxd7+ Bxd7 26. Qxa8 Qa6 27. Rh8 {+- 7.12 Fritz8}) (16... Qxc3 17. Qh7+} Kf8 18.
Bh6+ Bg7 19. Bxg7#) 17. Qh7+ Kf8 18. Bh6 e6 19. Qxg7+ Ke7 20. Bg5+ Nf6 21. Bxf6+ {It is mate in 2
moves.} 1-0

Evilone (1954) – Gleichmut (1924)

Playchess.com 4/9/04 Game 5m + 3s

1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 Nxe4 3. Nc3 Nxc3 4. bxc3 {The Omega Gambit main accepted line.} g6 5. Bf4 Bg7 6. Qd2 c5
7. Nf3 O-O 8. Bh6 Qa5 9. h4 cxd4 10. Bxg7 Kxg7 11. Nxd4 Nc6 12. Nf3 d6 13. h5 Rh8 14. Rb1 {White's
intention here is to block the Black Q from defending the king side by playing Rb5.} b6 15. Rb5 Qxa2 16.
hxg6 hxg6? 17. Rxh8 Kxh8 18. Qh6+ Kg8 19. Ng5 e5 (19... Qe6+ 20. Nxe6 Bxe6 21. Bd3 Ne5 22. Rxe5
dxe5 23. Bxg6 fxg6 24. Qxg6+ Kf8 25. Qxe6 Rd8 26. Qxe5 Ke8 27. c4 Rd6 28. c5 Rc6 29. cxb6 axb6 30. f4
Kd7 31. Qd5+ Kc7 32. c4 e6 33. Qd4 Rc5 34. g4 Kc6 35. g5 b5 36. Qe4+ Kd6 37. Qd3+ Kc6 38. cxb5+ Rxb5
39. Qc4+ {Fritz8 suggested this move but 39.Qxb5+ wins the endgame by force. Black cannot stop the White
g pawn from queening.}) 20. c4 Nd8 (20... Qa1+ 21. Ke2 Be6 22. Ne4 Nd4+ 23. Kd2 f5 24. Ng5 Qxf1 25.
Qxg6+ Kf8 26. Nxe6+ Nxe6 27. Qf6+ Kg8 28. Qxe6+ Kg7 29. Qe7+ Kg8 30. Qg5+ Kf7 31. Qxf5+ Ke7 32.
Qh7+ Ke6 33. Qg6+ Ke7 34. Qg7+ Ke6 {= according to Fritz8}) 21. Bd3 Bf5 ? 22. Bxf5 gxf5 23. Rb3 Qa1+
24. Ke2 (24. Kd2 Qd4+ 25. Kc1 Qf4+ 26. Kb1 Qd2 27. Rh3 Qb4+ 28. Kc1 Qe1+ 29. Kb2 Qb4+ {=}) 24...
e4?? 25. Rg3({Better is} 25. Nh7 {threating mate in 2 directions}) 1-0

III 4…b6 (Black plays a queen side fianchetto.)

Evilone (1928) – Third-Day (2122)

Internet Chess Club 8/15/97 Game 10m

1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 Nxe4 3. Nc3 Nxc3 4. bxc3 b6 {An interesting position. A queen side fianchetto out of the main
accepted line of the Omega Gambit.} 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. Nf3 e6 7. O-O d5 8. Ng5 h6 {Fritz8 suggested 8...Bd6 a
developing move rather than 8...h6 a move which weakens Black's king side.} (8... Be7 9. Qh5 g6 10. Qh6 Bf8
11. Qh3 Qf6 12. Re1 Bc8 13. Nf3 h6 14. Ne5 Bd6 15. Bxh6 c5 16. Bg5 Rxh3 17. Bxf6 Rh7 18. c4 Nd7 19.
Nxd7 Bxh2+ 20. Kf1 Kxd7 21. dxc5 bxc5 22. g3 Rh5 23. cxd5 exd5 24. Be2 Rh6 25. Bf3 Kd6 26. Kg2 a5 27.
Rad1 Bh3+ 28. Kxh2 Bg4+ 29. Kg2 Bxf3+ 30. Kxf3 Rh5 31. g4 Rh3+ 32. Kg2 Ra3 33. c4 d4 34. Be7+ Kc6
35. Re5 Rxa2 36. Rxc5+ Kd7 37. Re5 Kc7 38. Rxd4 Rb2 39. Ba3 Rb3 40. Re7+ Kc8 41. Bd6 Ra6 42. Be5
Rd6 43. Rxd6 Rg3+ 44. Kxg3 f5 45. Rxg6 f4+ 46. Kxf4 {Black is definitely lost.}) 9. Qh5 Qf6 10. Nxf7
Ke7 (10... Qxf7?? 11. Bg6 {Black's Q drops}) 11. Nxh8 Nd7 12. Ng6+ Kd8 13. Re1 ({I should have played
the following line.} 13. Nxf8 Nxf8 14. f4 Nd7 15. Bd2 c5 16. f5 e5 17. Bb5 cxd4 18. cxd4 e4 19. Be3 a6 20.
Bxd7 Kxd7 21. a4 Rc8 22. a5 b5 23. Qd1 Ke8 24. Bf4 Rc6 25. Be5 Qe7 26. Qh5+ Qf7 27. Qh3 Bc8 28. Rf2
Kf8 29. Qh4 Bd7 30. f6 gxf6 31. Raf1 Ke8 32. Rxf6 Rxf6 33. Rxf6 Qe7 34. Qxh6 Bc8 35. Qh8+ Kd7 36.
Rd6+ Qxd6 37. Bxd6 Kxd6 38. Qxc8 {Black is lost.}) 13... Bd6 14. Re3 c5?? (14... Qf7 15. Qh3 Nf6 16.
Qxe6 Qxe6 17. Rxe6 Bc8 18. Re2 Bg4 19. f3 Bd7 20. Bf4 Bxf4 21. Nxf4 Rc8 22. Rae1 c6 23. Re7 g5 24. Ng6
c5 25. Nf8 Rc6 26. Nxd7 Nxd7 27. Re8+ Kc7 28. R8e7 Kd8 29. Bf5 Rd6 30. Re8+ Kc7 31. R8e7 Kd8 {Fritz8
suggested 32. Rg7 but 32.Rxd2+ should win easily after 32...Rxd7 33. Bxd7 Kxd7and White is up a whole R.
This is much simpler than what Fritz8 suggested.}) (14... Kc8 15. Qe2 Qf7 16. Rxe6 Nf6 17. Bf5 Kd8 18. Ne5
Bxe5 19. Qxe5 Bc8 20. Bxh6 Bxe6 21. Bxe6 Qe7 22. Bg5 a5 23. Bxf6 Qxf6 24. Qxd5+ Ke7 25. Re1 Rd8 26.
Bf5+ Kf8 27. Bg6 Qe7 28. Qf5+ Qf6 29. Qd7 Kg8 30. Re8+ Rxe8 31. Qxe8+ Qf8 32. Qe6+ Kh8 33. Qh3+
Kg8 34. Qh7#) 15. Rf3

15...Kc7 16. Rxf6 Nxf6 17. Qh3 Bc8 18. Qf3 Bd7 19. Bf4 c4 20. Bxd6+ Kxd6 21. Qf4+ Kc6 22. Ne5+ Kc7
23. Nxd7+ Kxd7 24. Bg6 Rf8 25. Re1 Ke7 26. Qe5 1-0

IV 4…c5 (And Black also plays e6. This is a Sicilian type of pawn formation.)

Evilone (2041) – Zero (2144)

Internet Chess Club 4/11/98 Game 5min.

1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 Nxe4 3. Nc3 Nxc3 4. bxc3 c5 5. Bd3 e6 {A Sicilian Defense type of pawn formation for
Black.} 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 O-O 9. h4 {This move was intended as a trap for Black to try to pick
off the pawn at h4. But it is poisonous because it activates White's R at e1 onto the king side.} Bxh4 10. Nxh4
Qxh4 11. Re3 cxd4? {Better was 11...f5} 12. Rh3 Qe7 13. Bxh7+ Kh8 14. Qh5 {[Better was 14.Bg6+ Qh4
15.Rxh4+ Kg8 16.Rh8+ Kxh8 17.Qh5+ mate.]} g6 1-0

Evilone (2076) – Godmode (2510)

Internet Chess Club 2/6/99 Game 15m

1. e4 Nf6 2. d4 Nxe4 3. Nc3 Nxc3 4. bxc3 c5 5. Bd3 e6 {Black plays a Sicilian Defense type of pawn
formation.} 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. Re1 O-O 9. h4 cxd4 10. Ng5 h6 11. Nh7 {#Here my opponent asked
for an adjournment. I gave him a courtesy adjournment.} Re8 12. Qh5 Bxh4 13. Bxh6 dxc3 14. Bxg7 {After
14.Bxg7 the Black king is completely nude.} Kxg7 15. Re4! {A powerfull move.} Bxf2+ (15... Ne5 16. Qxe5+
f6 17. Rg4+ Kf7 18. Qh5+ Ke7 19. Qc5+ Kf7 20. Bg6+ Kg7 21. Bxe8+ Bg5 22. Nxg5 fxg5 23. Rxg5+ Qxg5
24. Qxg5+ Kf8 25. Bg6 Kg7 26. Bh5+ Kh7 27. Qg6+ Kh8 28. Qf6+ Kg8 29. Bg6 d6 30. Qf7+ Kh8 31.
Qf8#) 16. Kxf2 Ne7 17. Rg4+ Ng6 18. Bxg6 Kh8 19. Bd3 Qb6+ 20. Ke2 Qa5 21. Ng5+ Kg7 22. Qxf7+
Kh8 1-0

Evilone (2176) – MrsLovett (2793)

Internet Chess Club 12/5/98 Game 5m

1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 {The Omega Gambit.} Nxe4 3. Nc3 Nxc3 4. bxc3 e6 5. Nf3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O cxd4 {I
believe MrsLovett got greedy here. Black saw that it could win a pawn with Bb4 followed by Bc3 winning the
d pawn.} 8. cxd4 Bb4 9. Rb1 O-O 10. Ng5 h6 {Black also had 10...g6 but I had a quick combination with
11.Nxh7 Kxh7 12.Qh5+ and if 12...Kg8 I could continue the attack with 13.Bxg6 fxg6 14.Qxg6+ Kh8 &
15.Rb3 should win. If 12...Kg7 13.Qh6+ Kg8 14.Bxg6 fxg6 15. Qxg6+ Kh8 & the R lift 16.Rb3 wins.} 11.
Nh7 Re8 12. Qh5 Be7 13. Bxh6 Bh4 {I do not believe this is correct. Fritz5 says that 13.. .gxh6 is the best
move. After 13...gxh6 14.Qxh6 f5 15.Qg6+ Kh8 16.Qh6 is equal.} 14. g3 gxh6 15. gxh4 Kg7 16. Kh1 Ne7
17. Rg1+ Ng6

18. Bxg6 Rb8 19. Bxf7+ Qg5 20. hxg5 Ra8 1-0

V 4…c5 (And Black plays g6.)

Robert Reynolds – Harold Winston

US Champ, Ventura 1971

1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 Nxe4 3. Nc3 Nxc3 4. bxc3 c5 5. Nf3 g6 6. h4 Bg7 7. h5 b6 8. hxg6 hxg6 9. Rxh8+ Bxh8 10.
Ng5 Bg7 11. Qg4 e5 12. Bd3 f5 13. Bxf5 gxf5 14. Qh5+ 1-0

VI 4…d5 (And Black also plays c5)

Jack Young (National Master) – Par Excellence

1988 Skittles Game

1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 Nxe4 3. Nc3 Nxc3 4. bxc3 d5 5. Bd3 c5 6. Qf3 {A very curious move. Normally I would play
6.Nf3.} e6 7. Nh3 cxd4 8. cxd4 Qa5+ 9. Ke2 {Fritz8 suggested 9.Bd2 but I believe that Jack Young's line is
better.} Nc6 10. Qf4 Qb4 11. Be3 Bd6 12. Qg4 O-O? ({Better is} 12... Be5 13. Rhb1 Nxd4+ 14. Kf1 Qc3 15.
Ng5 h5 16. Qd1 g6 {Black is up -+ 1.66}) 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14. Qh5+ Kg8 15. Ng5 Qc4+ 16. Kd1 Rd8 {This
move leads to forced mate in 6.} 17. Qxf7+ Kh8 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. Qh7+ Kf8 20. Qh8+ Ke7 21. Qxg7+ Ke8
22. Qf7# 1-0

VII 4…d5 (And Black plays g6 a king side fianchetto combined with c5.)
Evilone (2035) – Speedy (2377)
Internet Chess Club 1/1/98 Game 5m

1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 Nxe4 3. Nc3 Nxc3 4. bxc3 d5 5. Bd3 g6 6. Bf4 {Black has fianchettoed King side. My plan is
now clear. I will line up my Q & B and push the h pawn to open the h file. After exchanging off the Black
squared B's I will line up my Q with my R on the h file and attack Black's K.} Bg7 7. Qd2 O-O 8. h4 c5 9. h5
cxd4 10. cxd4 e5 11. dxe5 Nc6 12. Nf3 Bg4 {Black is putting a lot of pressure on my center.} 13. Bh6 Bxf3
14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. hxg6 fxg6 16. Qh6+ Kf7 17. Qxh7+ Ke6 18. Qxg6+ Kxe5 19. gxf3 Qa5+ 20. Kf1 {My K
is temporarily safe at f1 while Black's K is still in danger of being checkmated.} Kd4 21. Qg7+ Kc5 22. Rb1
a6 23. Rh6 b5 24. Qd7 Rfc8 25. Rd6 {Now both the N at c6 and the d pawn are threatened.} d4 26.
Be4 {More pressure on the N at c6.} Qb6 27. Rd5+ Kc4 28. Bd3+ Kc3 29. Qd6 Qc7 30. Rc5+ Kd2 31.
Qh6+ {Black could block with the Q but after 31...Qf4 32.Qxf4+ and mate.} 1-0

Final Position after 31.Qh6+

Evilone (2100)–Zebbile (2042)

Internet Chess Club 12/25/97 Game 5m + 3s

1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 Nxe4 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bd3 Nxc3 5. bxc3 g6 6. Bf4 Bg7 7. Qd2 Nd7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. h4 c5 10. h5
Nf6 11. hxg6 fxg6 12. Bh6 cxd4 13. cxd4 Rf7 14. Ne5 Rf8?? {This is the losing move. According to Fritz8
the evaluation jumped from +/= 0.28 to +- 7.19 a huge edge for White. Black's best move was 14...Bxh6.}
(14... Bxh6 15. Qxh6 Qa5+ 16. Kf1 Rg7 17. Qf4 Be6 18. Re1 Qxa2 19. Nxg6 hxg6 20. Rxe6 Rf8 21. g3 a5 22.
Kg2 Qa4 23. Qh6 Qe8 24. f3 a4 25. Bb5 (25. Rhe1 Qf7 26. Qg5 Ne4 27. Qg4 =) 25... Qxb5 26. Qh8+ Kf7 27.
Rxe7+ Kxe7 28. Qxg7+ Rf7 29. Re1+ Ne4 30. Qe5+ Kd7 31. Rxe4 Kc8 32. Qh8+ Kc7 33. Re6 Rd7 34. Qe5+
Kc8 35. Rxg6 Rd8 36. Qe6+ Kb8 37. Rg7 Rc8 38. Rd7 Rxc2+ 39. Kh3 Qb4 40. Rxd5 a3 41. Rd8+ Ka7 42.
Qg8 Rc6 43. Ra8+ Kb6 44. Qd8+ Kb5 45. Qd5+ Kb6 46. f4 Rd6 47. Qe5 (47. Qc5+ Qxc5 48. dxc5+ Kxc5 49.
Rxa3 b5 50. f5 Kd5 51. Kg4 Rb6 52. Rf3 Rb8 53. Kh5 b4 54. Kg6 b3 55. Rf1 Rg8+ 56. Kh6 Rxg3 57. f6 Rh3+
58. Kg5 Rg3+ 59. Kh4 Rg8 60. f7 Rf8 61. Kg5 Kd4 62. Kf6 b2 63. Ke7 Rxf7+ 64. Kxf7 Kc3 65. Ke6 Kc2 66.
Rf2+ Kc1 67. Rf1+ {=}) 47... Rh6+ 48. Kg4 Rg6+ 49. Kh4 Rd6 50. Kg5 Rd7 51. f5 Qd2+ 52. Kh5 Rh7+ 53.
Kg4 Qd1+ 54. Kf4 Qf1+ 55. Kg5 Qc1+ 56. Qf4 Rg7+ 57. Kh6 Qxf4+ 58. gxf4 Rg4 59. Rxa3 Rxf4 60. Kg5
Rf2 61. Rc3 Rg2+ 62. Kf6 Rd2 63. Ke5 Re2+ 64. Kd6 Rf2 65. Rc5 Ka6 66. Kd7 b5 67. Ke6 b4 68. f6 b3 69.
Rc3 Re2+ 70. Kd7 b2 71. Rb3 Rd2 72. Ke7 Re2+ 73. Kf7 Rh2 74. Kg7 Rg2+ 75. Kf8 Ka5 76. f7 Rf2 77. d5
Rd2 78. d6 Ka6 79. Ke7 Re2+ 80. Kf6 Rf2+ 81. Ke6 Re2+ 82. Kd5 Rd2+ 83. Ke5 Re2+ 84. Kd4 Rd2+ 85.
Kc3 Rf2 86. d7 Rxf7 87. d8=Q {Black is lost} ) 15. Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qh6+ Kg8 17. Bxg6 Qa5+ 18. Kf1 Qb5+
19. Kg1 Bf5 {A desperado move. Black is trying to delay the game.} 20. Bxf5 Rf7 21. Be6 {Black can no
longer save the game.} 1-0

The Other Main Accepted Line

1.d4 Nf6 2.e4 Nxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 (If Black does not take the knight at c3.)
Evilone (2023) – Dak (2015)
USCL Server 3/2/01 Game 10m

1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 Nxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 {The second main accepted line of the Omega Gambit.} 4. g4 c5 5. d5 d6 6.
h3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nge2 Na6 9. Be3 Qa5 10. O-O h5 11. g5 Nd7 12. f4 Nb6 13. Bf2 Nc4 14. Rb1 b5 15. a3
b4 16. axb4 Nxb4 17. b3 Na3 18. Rc1 Bf5 19. Ne4 Qc7 ({Better is} 19... Bb2 {+/- 1.12 Fritz8}) 20. N2g3
Bxe4 21. Nxe4 O-O 22. f5 gxf5 23. Ng3 Nb5 24. Nxf5 Qd7 25. Be3 e6 26. Nh4 (26. Nxg7 Kxg7 27. dxe6
Qxe6 28. Re1 Qg6 29. Bxa8 Rxa8 30. c4 Nc7 31. Rf1 Re8 32. Rc3 Re6 33. Bf4 Kg8 34. Qd2 h4 35. Rd1 Re4
36. Be3 (36. Bxd6 Rd4 37. Bxc7 Rxd2 38. Rxd2 Kh7 39. Rf3 Qxg5+ 40. Rg2 Qh5 41. Rgf2 Nd3 42. Rxf7+
Kg8 43. Rf8+ Kg7 44. Rf1 Qg6+ 45. Kh2 Qe6 46. R8f3 Kg6 47. Bb8 a6 48. Bc7 Qe2+ 49. Kg1 Qe4 {=}) 36...
Ne6 37. Qg2 Qf5 38. Rf1 Qe5 39. Qf2 Qg7 40. Kh1 Nf4 41. Bxf4 Qxc3 42. Bh2 Qg7 43. Bxd6 Qg6 44. Qxc5
Qe6 45. Qf5 Nc6 46. Qxe6 fxe6 47. Rf8+ Kg7 48. Rc8 Na5 49. c5 Nxb3 50. c6 Re1+ 51. Kg2 Rc1 52. c7
Rc2+ 53. Kf3 Nd4+ 54. Ke4 Nb5 55. Be5+ Kf7 56. g6+ Kxg6 57. Rg8+ Kf7 58. c8=Q Rxc8 59. Rxc8 {+- 5.75
White has a won game.}) 26... Rae8 27. Qxh5 exd5 28. Nf5 Re6 29. Nxg7 Kxg7 (29... Rxe3 30. Rf6 Rg3 31.
Nf5 Rc3 32. Rh6 Qxf5 33. Rh8+ Kg7 34. Qh6#) 30. Rf6 Rh8 31. Qf3 Re4 32. Rf1 Rf8 {?? A horrendous
error. Now 33.g6 wins the game. The correct move was 31...Re7} (32... Re7 {But even this move loses.} 33.
g6 Kf8 34. Qg3 Ke8 35. gxf7+ Kd8 36. f8=Q+ Rxf8 37. Rxf8+ Kc7 38. Bxc5 Nxc2 39. Rc1 Re2 40. Bf1
Kb7 41. Bxe2 Qc7 42. Bf2 a6 43. Bxb5 axb5 44. Qg5 Qc6 45. Rf7+ Ka6 46. Ra7#) 33. g6 Re6 34. gxf7 1-0

Evilone (1902) – Joker III (2187)

Playchess.com 2/28/05 Game 10m

1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 Nxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 {The 2nd Main Line of the Omega Gambit.} 4. g4 {The g4 pawn thrust. I
have played this line several times already in previous games.} h6 5. g5 hxg5 6. Bxg5 d5 7. Nf3 c6 8. Ne5 Bf5
9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. O-O-O Nbd7 12. f4 Qc7 13. Rde1 Bd6 14. Qe2 Kf8 15. Nxf7 Kxf7 16. Qxe6+
Kf8 17. Qf5 Re8 18. Rxe8+ Kxe8 19. Re1+ Kd8 20. h4 Kc8 21. Qg6 Qd8 22. Qxg7 Qf8 23. Qg6 Kc7 24.
Re6 Ne4 25. Nxe4 dxe4 26. Qxe4 {White already has compensation for the earlier N sac on f7. White has 3
pawns for the N.} Nb6 27. f5 Nd5 28. c4 Nb4 29. a3 Na2+ {Better was 29...c5.} 30. Kb1 Bxa3 31. Kxa2 Bb4
{?} 32. c5 {Now the B is cut off.} Kb8 33. Re7 Ka8 34. Qe5 Qg8+ 35. Qe6 {Black is slowly being ground
down. White is slowly squeezing Black for space.} Qb8 36. Qd7 Rd8 37. Qe6 Ba5 (37... Rxd4 38. Re8 {Now
Black's Q drops.}) 38. Bf6 Bc7 39. Be5 (39. Rxc7 {Fritz8 suggested the following line. This line also wins.}
Qxc7 40. Bxd8 Qxd8 41. f6 a6 42. f7 Ka7 43. Kb3 Qxd4 44. Qd6 Qe3+ 45. Ka2 Qe4 46. f8=Q Qa4+ 47. Kb1
Qe4+ 48. Kc1 Qc4+ 49. Kd2 Qb4+ 50. Ke3 Qe1+ 51. Kd3 Qd1+ 52. Kc3 Qe1+ 53. Kb3 Qe3+ 54. Ka2 {Black
is lost.}) 39... Bxe5 40. dxe5 a6 41. f6 Qa7 42. Re8 Qb8 43. f7 Ka7 44. f8=Q Qc7 45. Rxd8 Qa5+ 46. Kb3
Qb5+ 47. Kc2 Qa4+ 48. Qb3 Qe4+ 49. Rd3 Qe2+ 50. Kb1 1-0

Conclusion

If Black accepts the gambit pawn with 2…Nxe4 then White gets compensation in quick development, the
advantage of the 2 Bishops, the half open e file. In the main accepted line 1.d4 Nf6 2. e4 Nxe4 3.Nc3 Nxc3
4.bxc3 White gets a very dangerous king side attack because there is one less piece defending the king side. If
Black does not exchange the knights by playing 3…Nxc3 but plays 3…Nf6 instead, White can continue the
attack with 4.g4. This line also gives White a good game.

If Black fianchettos on the king side then White often plays the move h4 before castling and tries to line up the
Queen and Bishop on the diagonal preparing to trade off his Bishop with Black’s Bishop at g7. And White
pushes the h pawn to open up the h-file to penetrate Black’s king position with the Queen and Rook lined up
on the h file. If Black plays an early h5, stopping White’s h pawn advance, then White targets the g6 pawn to
execute a cascade of sacrifices on g6. The move h5 weakens Black’s fianchetto position. White also often
doubles his rooks on the e file to facilitate the series of piece sacrifices on the g6 square. Or white could post a
knight at e5 to further target the g6 pawn.

I have had many interesting games with the Omega Gambit. In the gambit accepted lines it is not unusual for
half of Black’s pieces to be still on the back rank while White’s attack rages on. In a lot of the gambit accepted
games I have played, White gets very quick mobility and full development (White has castled, his minor pieces
are all developed, his 2 rooks are connected and the queen is off the back rank.) early in the game. Black has
to play extremely precise defense to survive.
The Omega Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.e4) Part 2
Omega Gambit Declined

1.d4 Nf6 2.e4

Black can decline the gambit by playing:

 2...d6

 2...e6

 2...g6

 2...c6

 2...c5

 2...d5

 2...e5

2…d6 This is probably the most frequently played declined line. This move combined with a Black king-side
fianchetto is most often played.

Evilone(1915)-Xbluebolt(1935)
Internet Chess Club 11/1/97 Game 3m + 6s

1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 d6 3. Nc3 g6

This is the most common declined line against the Omega Gambit. It now transposes into orthodox
lines.

4. h3 Bg7 5. g4 O-O 6. Bg2 e5 7. d5 Na6 8. g5

Fritz8 gives 8.Be3 as better. I agree with Fritz8. White should just continue to develop and castle queen
side.

8...Nd7 9. Be3 Nac5 10. Qd2 f5 11. gxf6 Bxf6 12. O-O-O

Castling queen side is a better strategy because Black's game is geared for a king side attack. It will be
a lot more difficult for Black to mount a queen side attack.

12...Bg7 13. h4 Nb6 14. b3

I cannot allow Black to post a N at my c4 square, otherwise I will have serious problems defending my
queen side castled position.

14...h5 15. Nf3 a5 16.a4 Nbd7 17. Bh6

I needed to trade off my dark squared B to weaken Black's king side. I intend to launch a full scale
attack on Black's king side.
17...Nf6 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. Ng5 Bd7 20. Bh3 Bg4 21. f3 Bxh3 22. Rxh3

Black's game is getting weaker and weaker. There are now more weaknesses in Black's game. His g6
square will actually be difficult to defend.

22...Qe7 23. Rg1 Kh8 24. Rhg3 Rg8 25. Ne6 Nxe6 26. dxe6 Kh7 27. Nd5 Nxd5 28. exd5 b6 29. Rg5
Qf6 30. Qd3 Kh6 31. R1g3 Raf8 32. Kd1 Rg7 33. Ke2 Rfg8 34. Qe3 Qf4 35. Qxf4 exf4 36. Rg2
Rf8 37. Kd3 Rf6 38. Re2 Rg8 39. e7

39. Kc4 Kg7 40. c3 Kf8 41. Reg2 c6 42. dxc6 Ke7 43. Rxh5 Rxe6 44. Rh7+ Kf6 45. h5 Re3 46. Rh6
Re5 47. b4 axb4 48. cxb4 Ke7 49.Rgxg6 d5+ 50. Kb5 Rxg6 51. hxg6 Kf6 52. Rh8 Re3 53. c7 Rc3 54.
Kxb6 Kxg6 55. Rd8 Rc4 56. Rd6+ Kf7 57. b5 Rxc7 58. Kxc7 Black is lost.

39... Re8 40. Re4 Kg7 41. Rg2 Kf7 42. Rge2 Rf5 43. Kd4 Rf6 44. c3 Rf5 45. b4 axb4 46. cxb4 Kf6
47. a5 bxa5 48. bxa5 c5+ 49. Kc4 Re5 50. Rxe5 dxe5 51. d6 Ke6 52. d7

52. Rd2 Kd7 53. a6 Ra8 54. a7 Rxa7 55. Rb2 Ra4+ 56. Kd5 Rd4+ 57. Kxc5 Rc4+ 58. Kxc4 g5 59.
Kd5 gxh4 60. Rb8 e4 61. e8=Q#

52... Kxd7 53. Rxe5 Rxe7 54. Rxe7+ Kxe7 55. a6 g5 56. hxg5 h4 57. a7 h3 58. a8=Q h2 59. Qh8 1-0

Evilone (1905) – JustPlainEd (2000)

Internet Chess Club 11/2/97 Game 5m

1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. g4

Here Fritz8 suggested 5.f4 but I like to surprise my opponent with an early g4.

5...O-O 6. g5 Nh5 7. Bxh5 gxh5 8. Qxh5 Bxd4 9. Nge2 Bg7 10. Be3 Nc6 11. f4 e6 12. O-O-O

White is now fully developed and ready to attack. I intend to first play Rdf1 then f5 then f6. And I can
also do a R lift with Rf3 after playing Rdf1.

12...Ne7 13. Rhg1 c5 14. Rdf1 b5 15. Ng3

I cannot push f5 right away because Black has 3 pieces guarding the f5 square.

15...b4 16. Nb1 c4

The question is whose attack will strike first White's king side attack or Black's queen side attack. I
believe White will get in his attack first because Black is not fully developed on the queen side.

17. f5 exf5 18. Nxf5

I threatened to play Nxg7 followed by Bd4+. It appears that Black has to take out my N at f5.

18...Bxf5 19. exf5 Nd5 20. Rf3 Nxe3? I do not believe Black has time to do this.

21. Rxe3 The following line also works. 21. Rh3 f6 22. Qxh7+ Kf7 23. g6+ Ke8 24. Rxe3+ Kd7 25.
Qxg7+ {+- 8.34}

21... Bd4 22. Rh3 Be3+ 23. Kd1

My R is hanging but my opponent faces mate in 1.

23...h6 24. Qxh6 1-0

Evilone (1941)-DoctorHeart (1905)

Internet Chess Club 1/25/04 Game 5m

1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 d6 3. Be3

Black has one more chance to take the gambit pawn at e4.

3...g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 Ng4 7. Bd2 e5 8. d5 exf4 9. Bxf4 Nd7 10. h3 Nge5 11. Bd3 Nc5
12. O-O Nexd3 13. cxd3 f5 14. e5 dxe5 15. Nxe5 Re8 16. d4

I needed to put a lock on my center position by ensuring that my pieces in the middle are guarded.

16...Nd7 17. Re1 Nb6 18. Qb3 a5 19. d6+ Be6 20. d5 a4 21. dxc7 Qxc7 22. Qb5 Bf7 23. Nxf7

This line was suggested by Fritz8.

23. Nxg6 Bd4+ 24. Kh2 Qc5 25. Ne5 Bxd5 26. Qd3 Re7 27. Rac1

= 0.19 White

23... Bd4+ 24. Kh1 Qxf4 25. Rxe8+ Kxf7 26. Rxa8 Be5 27. Qe8+ Kf6 28. Qd8+ 1-0

If 28...Kg2 or 28..Kf7, 29.Qf8+ and checkmate.

2…e6 This could lead to a possible knight chase variation after 3.e5 Nd5 and etc.

Evilone (1953) – Estes (1891)

Internet Chess Club 9/1/97 Game 10m

1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 e6 3. e5

The N chase variation. It could transpose into an Alekhine's Defense type of position.
3...Nd5 4. c4 Nb6 5. Nc3 d5 6. c5 Nc4

I do not believe that the N at c4 will be a factor in this game. I do not intend to castle queen side so this
N could actually be on a useless square.

7. f4 b6 8. cxb6 axb6 9. Nf3 Bb4 10. Bd3 Bxc3+ 11. bxc3 c5 12. O-O cxd4 13. cxd4 b5 14. Ng5 h6
15. Qh5 Qe7

Better is 15...Ra7.

16. Nxf7 O-O

If 16...Qxf7 17.Bg6 and Black's Q drops.

17. Qg6 1-0

If 17...Qxf7 18.Qh7+ mate, If 17...Rxf7 18.Qh7+ Kf8 19.Qh8+ mate. If 17...Qh4 18.Qh7+ Kxf7
19.Bg6+ Ke7 20.Qxg7+ Kd8 21.Qxf8+ and should White should win easily.

2…g6 This also leads to a possible knight chase variation after 3.e5 Nd5 and etc.

Evilone (2013)-Danny (2040)

Internet Chess Club 11/16/97 Game 5 m

1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 g6

Another N chase variation. That is very interesting.

3. e5 Nd5 4. c4 Nb6 5. a4 d6 6. a5 N6d7 7. f4 Bg7 8. Nf3 c5 9. Be3 cxd4 10. Bxd4 Nc6 11. Bc3 dxe5
12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O exf4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Qc1 Nxa5 16. Qc3+

Black's N drops.

16...f6 17. Rxa5 b6 18. Rd5 Bb7 19. Rd2 Qc7 20. Nd4 Kh8 21. Ne6 Qc6 22. Nxf4 e5 23. Nd5

According to Fritz8 I missed the following line which wins: 23. Nxg6+ hxg6 24. Qh3+ Kg8 25. Rxd7
{+-5.00 Fritz8}
23... Nc5 24. Qe3 Rae8 25. Bf3 e4 26. Bg4 Kg7 27. Rdf2 f5 28. Qd4+ Kf7 29. Bxf5 gxf5 30. Rxf5+
Ke6 31. Qe5+

I missed the following easy win: 31. Rxf8 Rxf8 32. Rxf8

31... Kd7 32. Rf7+ Kc8 33. Rxf8 1-0

2…c6 I have no games with this move, however the following line can be played: 3.e5 Nd5 4.c4 Nc7 (or
Nb6). Black’s game may be a bit cramped so this line may not actually be good for Black.

2…c5 This is probably a good line for Black to play. The moves 3.e5 Nd5 4.c4 Nc7 (or Nb6) 5.d5 are
playable for Black.

2…d5 This line is the second most played declined line in the Omega Gambit.

A. Vaisser – D. Anic
ch-Fra, Auxere 1996

1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 d5 An interesting Omega Gambit Declined line.

3. exd5 Nxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Be7 7. c5 Nd5 8. Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O O-O 10. a3 Nxc3 11.
bxc3 b6 12. Re1 Bb7 13. h4 g6 14. Ng5 Bf6 15. Qg4 h5 16. Qg3 Ne7 17. Bf4 Nf5 18. Nxe6

A really interesting N sac. Fritz8 suggested the move 18.Bxf5. Not really sure which move is better.
Black cannot play 18...Nxg3 because he drops a piece after 19.Nxd1 since both the N at g3 & the B at
b7 will be hanging. 18...fxe6 19. Qxg6+ Bg7 20. Rxe6 Qxh4 21. Bxf5 Qxf4 22. Qh7+ Kf7 23. Rae1
1-0 The game is over since Black cannot prevent the 24.Bg6+.

2…e5 This is an interesting counter gambit that occurred in the first known Omega Gambit game Warren-Dr.
Selman 1936. In that game White played 3.dxe5 Nxe4 and got into trouble. White could instead play 3.Bd3
guarding the e-pawn and if 3…exd4 White has 4.f4 transposing into the Halasz-McDonnell Gambit, which is a
good gambit to play for White.

Warren – Dr. Selman

Fernpartie NED 1936

1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 e5

It appears to be a reverse Elephant Gambit position (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d5) but White has arrived at the
position one move too early, so the tactics in this position are different.

3. dxe5 Nxe4 4. a3 d6 5. exd6 Bxd6 6. g3

?? White had to guard his f2 square with Be3, otherwise Black has that same cheapo like in the
Budapest Defense where Black plays Nxf2, Kxf2, Bxg6+ winning White's Q.

6...Nxf2 0-1

Conclusion