banning gambits in the opening

I believe that gambits should be banned in the opening. It is giving players an unfair advantage.

... How?

Pawns are already dictated on what moves they can make.

I still don't understand. A gambit is giving up material to gain a positional advantage. What does it have to do with pawn movement?

So you want to change the rules of Chess because you can't play effectively against a gambit??

The only gambit i play is From's gambit.

Oh sorry, i play the King's gambit, Benko gambit and a gambit variation in the King's Indian fianchetto too.

Why banning ?   I quote from The Oxford Companion of Chess : A gambit is an opening in which one player offers to give up material, usually a pawn, sometimes a piece or more, in the expectation of gaining a positional advantage.

And : The gambit had become a powerful weapon (in the 19th century).

Also : The technique of defensive play continued to improve, and gambits, the invention of which has not ceased, are no longer regarded as more fearsome than any other openings ( in these days ).

In my opinion nothing is unfair; you mention "players", you mean White only of course, but it is only White's "expectation" of gaining an advantage.

Most of the gambits are unsound and you can easily defend against them if you know the theory a bit. And of course, every gambit can be declined so you won't be in trouble if you don't know it.

Tracking thread. This should get interesting real soon...

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We're all excited.

Well that's an interesting alternative to learning defense and counterattack...

Why does site attract so many poorly disguised trolls?

Have you seen his other posts?? This kid is brilliant

Yeah it isn't fair for the opponent whenever I play 1.d4 and they respond 1...e5 probably premoving anticipating 1.e4.  I already feel the win on 2.dxe5. 

They've been laughed out of every where else.

I wonder whether Pawnstogo in post 1 knows that there are some 134 named gambits in the openings.

It can be worthwhile to find out the general results of games with gambits ( costs a lot of time to do this research..)

Just stop accepting the gambits if you can't handle them.