Originally posted by SHINEONFOREVER
A friend of mine (high 1900 USCF at the time) was paired against a 2300 USCF at last year's US Open. We did some research before the round, including finding out his ICC handle and looking through his history and library. My friend, a King's Gambit player, saw this f5 thing in a couple blitz games and decided to look up the relevant theory; the follow ...[text shortened]... 22.Bxb6 Be3 23.Kh1 cxb6 24.Qxe4 Nf2 25.Rxf2 Bxf2 26.Qf4 Bxd4 27.Qxd6 1-0 [/pgn]

Great game and well done to your friend BUT 5 ...Nc6xe5 is a much better move than 5 ... Nf6. It's still slightly better for white though which you would expect BUT you have to expect this playing black.