A Duras Gambit opening...





[Event "Let's Play!"]
[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2020-01-25"]
[White "Nasty-Nate"]
[Black "noill-noill"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1123"]
[BlackElo "800"]
[TimeControl "1 in 2 days"]
[Termination "noill-noill won by resignation"]
1. e4 f5 2. exf5 Nf6 3. d4 d5 4. Nf3 Bxf5 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. cxd3 Qc8 7. Ne5 e6 8. Qa4+ Nfd7 9. Nc3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. f4 c5 12. Be3 Nxe5 13. fxe5 Nc6 14. Nb5 cxd4 15. Bxd4 a6 16. Nd6 Bxd6 17. exd6 b5 18. d7 Qxd7 19. Qd1 Nxd4 20. Rc1 Rxf1+ 21. Qxf1 Rf8 22. Qd1 Qa7 23. Kh1 Qf7 24. h3 Qf4 25. Qg1 Ne2 0-1

I like how the castling happened time-wise (both sides on move 10) and the structure for black. White looms large and scary, but the Rf8 on the semi open file is promising if not early. The pawn chain at e6 looks like a good defense for the light square diagonal look at black king, perhaps making the "earliness" of the f file black pawn push less concerning.

also, seems like these unorthodox lines can be disorienting for white. Knowing this opening very well would do well in a blitz game.

I didn't even realize you had been posting all this stuff, I don't see any notifications on it :/

Although I appreciate the effort! I'll have to take a few minutes and look at everything. I've been out of the loop

just analyzing...