Banzai-Leong Gambit, Pinova Gambit
- 1.e4e6
- 2.b4Bxb4
- 3.e5
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A rare continuation of the French Defense's Banzai-Leong Gambit in which White, a pawn down after 2...Bxb4, pushes 3. e5 to gain space.
Train it in TheoriaAbout the Pinova Gambit
The Pinova Gambit is White's follow-up once Black accepts the Banzai-Leong Gambit. After 1. e4 e6 2. b4 Bxb4, White plays 3. e5 instead of trying to win back the pawn. The advance gains space and takes the f6 square away from Black's king knight. White remains a pawn down, with an isolated a-pawn and a half-open b-file. It is an offshoot of a rarely played gambit and sits well outside established French theory.
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