Editing Latvian Gambit (section)

===3...Nc6===
Also possible is the eccentric 3...Nc6?!, against which [[John Nunn]] recommends 4.d4, preferring principled opening play to the unclear tactics resulting from 4.Qh5+. After 4.d4, if 4...Qh4? (Kosten's original recommendation) 5.Nf3! Qxe4+ 6.Be2 leaves Black with a lost position.<ref>[[John Nunn]], ''Secrets of Practical Chess'', Gambit Publications, 1998, pp. 70-74 {{ISBN|1-901983-01-3}}</ref> After 4.d4, Kosten analyses 4...Qf6!? 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.exf5! Nxe5 7.Qe2.<ref>Kosten 2001, p. 112.</ref>

Instead of 4.d4, Kosten says that White can accept the proffered rook with 4.Qh5+ g6 5.Nxg6 Nf6 6.Qh3 hxg6 7.Qxh8 Qe7 (7...fxe4? 8.d4! is strong) 8.d3! (Stefan Bücker gives an alternative 8.Nc3! Nb4 9.d3 as also winning for White)<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20140508043113/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/kaiss44.pdf Lower Life in the Latvian Gambit Part 1]. Retrieved on 2010-05-09.</ref> 8...fxe4 9.Be3 d5 10.Bc5! Qxc5 11.Qxf6 Bf5 12.dxe4 Nd4 13.exf5! Nxc2+ 14.Kd1 Nxa1 15.Bd3 Qd6 16.Re1+ Kd7 17.Qf7+ Be7 18.Re6 winning.<ref>Kosten 2001, pp. 107-12.</ref>