Gary Gifford wrote on Wed, Feb 22, 2006 11:24 PM UTC:
In response to Michael Howe's comment, which reads in part, '.. . the
game apparently does not love me back. I'm really quite awful at
orthdodox chess and oh how I wish it was otherwise.' Well, this stuff is
unorthodox and is a good opening weapon to use against booked up players of
Ruy Lopez, Sicilian Defense, Queen's Gambit, etc. But I am referring to
players who get by on memorizing lots of variations but do not necessarily
have good chess understanding. And Michael, you may be happy to know that
Captain Evans, a chess amatuer, created the Evan's Gambit which took the
chess world by storm and is still being played today. So, perhaps in a
year or two we can see the Howe Gambit or the deadly Howe Attack? Time
shall tell.