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Stafford Gambit Chess Resources
Looking for a sharp, aggressive opening to surprise your opponent?
The Stafford Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 Nc6)
might be perfect for you!
This gambit offers traps and tactical possibilities, but requires precise play to maintain an edge.
The Stafford Gambit is a fascinating chess opening that arises from the
Petrov Defense (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 Nc6).
Within this popular opening, White sacrifices a pawn early on (3.Nxe5) for quick development and attacking chances. The Stafford Gambit offers rich tactical possibilities for players who understand its nuances. Learn how to play both sides of the gambit with this curated list of high-quality resources!
BOOKS (Free)
700 Opening Traps - 59 Page PDF - Free Book from Bill Walls Site on Opening Traps.
Stafford Gambit Articles
The Stafford Gambit a Complete Guide - Long Chess.com Article By IM RosenBulliton no45 - The Stafford Gambit - Very Solid Article showing the 7 traps, refutation, how to play against it etc.
Stafford Gambit – How to Play as White and Black - Chessable Blog Opening Guide (Very well done) General Over view, mainlines, traps, and play for Black
Stafford Gambit | The Refutation - Chessmood Article - GM Grigoryan - See move-by-move how to crush it, along with all the ideas and the traps to avoid!
Stafford Gambit Lichess Studies
New to Lichess studies? These interactive tools allow you to explore chess concepts and variations move-by-move, perfect for testing your understanding and deepening your knowledge.
- Stafford Gambit Trap Training - interactive training exercise for 11 variations
- Stafford Gambit Refutation - interactive Study with 10 Chapters
- Understanding the Stafford Gambit - 5 Chapter Study (550+ Hearts)
- Stafford Gambit - 23 Chapter Study (In Depth) (780+ hearts)
Listudy Site
Stafford Gambit -
Several Videos on The Stafford
6 Lichess Studies On The Gambit
- Allows you to practice against with it against Stockfish
Stafford Gambit Videos
Stafford Gambit Traps - 17 Video Playlist - Chess Traps
IM Rosen
- A Beginner Lesson in the Stafford Gambit - 57 Min - cover the basic opening strategy and the common tricks and traps that make the Stafford Gambit so much fun.
- How to Play the Stafford Gambit Declined - 25 Min IM Rosen - I share my round 7 game from the Dubai Chess Club Rapid Tournament. The game featured an instructive battle emerging from a Stafford Gambit Declined.
- How Dubov Beat Hou Yifan with the Stafford Gambit - 21 Min IM Rosen - The game featured a Stafford Gambit Declined -- the first siting of its kind at top grandmaster level!
- The Trappiest Opening in Chess? - 11Min IM Rosen - show all of the traps in the Stafford Gambit that I could think of in the moment.
Why We Play the Stafford Gambit - 24 Min GM Nakamura - Hikaru hosts a Stafford Gambit Viewer tourney and shows us how to play it with white and black.
On Eric Rosen's Beloved Stafford Gambit - 22 Min GM Nakamura - Eric Rosen uses the Stafford Gambit against Hikaru, and Hikaru uses it against him.
Learn to Play NEW Stafford Gambit Trap! More Stafford Theory - 9 min - go over a recent opening novelty discovered by Eric Rosen as he pulls off a checkmate against a 2445 ELO in only 15 moves!
Stafford Gambit Accepted - 17 Min Video - Chess Website - discusses strategies for both sides, focusing on the accepted line where White captures the knight on c6.
WIN FAST with Stafford Gambit : All Traps included | Complete guide - 18 Min - ProChessIndia - ProChess Head Coach, Sarthak, analyses all the variations of Stafford Gambit. (New - 5/29/24)
Rufuting The Stafford
- (Eric Rosen's) Stafford Gambit Refuted?? | Deadly TRAPS & TRICKS - 20 Min - show you the right way to refute the Stafford Gambit in the Petrov's Defense
- Snuffing the Stafford Gambit | Busting the Gambits with GM Naro - 27 Min - GM Naroditsky - Detailed analysis of the Stafford Gambit, I show how White can accept and keep the sacrificed pawn, rebuffing all of Black's attempts to create counterplay and keeping Black's possibility for tricks to a minimum.
- Refuting unsound Gambits | Stafford Gambit - 12 Min IM Andras Toth - how to play correctly against gambits which I consider to be unsound.
Game Videos w/ Analysis
- Stafford Gambit - 52 Video Playlist - IM Eric Rosen
- Stafford Gambit - 11 Video Playlist - Johnathan Schrantz
An Easy Solution to the Stafford Gambit | Climbing the Rating Ladder vs. 1821 - 53 Min - IM John Bartholomew
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