Kings Gambit Accepted!

I saw that a while back there was a chess hoax saying the kings gambit had been cracked by rybka, that it was beaten... I wish it were true, most KG games I play as black I loose, but I have found a few tactics. In a lot of KGA games as black I get a good attack with my pawns on the kingside but it seems to evaporate. In this game it didn't luckily.

3...d5 is one of my favourite tactics at the mo. My idea is obstruct whites bishop coming to c4, I know white has a lot of tactics with this so i play d5 to stop them. Most people take it, which gives black trouble developing the queens knight, but in this game they played 4.e5 which i think is book, but didn't seem to turn out so well.

I think they should of played 8. c3 rather then a3 to keep my knight at bay

I have played the KGA as white for a while now, if you are looking for wins as black I'm sure there are a whole bunch of them in my public games 🙁

As for d5, I tend to chop that pawn as it normally brings the queen out to recapture which then allows me to develop some pieces with tempo against that lady...

If you want to practice more KGA as black, send a game over. You can test your theories against me.

Originally posted by e4chris
I saw that a while back there was a chess hoax saying the kings gambit had been cracked by rybka, that it was beaten... I wish it were true, most KG games I play as black I loose, but I have found a few tactics. In a lot of KGA games as black I get a good attack with my pawns on the kingside but it seems to evaporate. In this game it didn't luckily.

3...d ...[text shortened]... sharp Kings Gambit games. particuarly KGA wins for black.

Thanks!

Originally posted by simonwells999
hello there
i love the king's gambit as well
it's worth studying correctly
as white play this : e4 e5 f4 exf4 Bc4!(imo) or Qf3!?(imo)
or Nf3 is dubious imo. i give 3 Nf3 ?!!, playable but not best imo
i'm not a beginner, please trust me 🙂

Originally posted by simonwells999
hello there
i love the king's gambit as well
it's worth studying correctly
as white play this : e4 e5 f4 exf4 Bc4!(imo) or Qf3!?(imo)
or Nf3 is dubious imo. i give 3 Nf3 ?!!, playable but not best imo
i'm not a beginner, please trust me 🙂

Originally posted by e4chris
Have to admit it is not in my repatoire as white yet, but i really like defending against it, and i play e4-e5 always so i see it a lot. be7 is a good counter but on its own it doesn't do much for me... will check out some Short games.

Originally posted by e4chris
I saw that a while back there was a chess hoax saying the kings gambit had been cracked by rybka, that it was beaten... I wish it were true, most KG games I play as black I loose, but I have found a few tactics. In a lot of KGA games as black I get a good attack with my pawns on the kingside but it seems to evaporate. In this game it didn't luckily.

3...d ...[text shortened]... sharp Kings Gambit games. particuarly KGA wins for black.

Thanks!

Originally posted by simonwells999
i should explain my opinion:
as black play this:
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3?!! then play Be7! or other moves give black a comfortable game,
i.e. if not best Be7(imo) also not bad are h5!? or g5 or even fischers old move
d6 i believe that was his idea. Ne7 also playable i think and also d5. you
see the problem for white after 3 Nf3?, black has many good re ...[text shortened]... m to be accurate, imo.
nigel short likes playing KG, worth checking his games out, spassky too.

Originally posted by tomtom232
3...Be7 with ideas of checking are not very good imo because white gets a strong attack after 4. Bc4 Bh4+ 5.g3 fxg3 6. 0-0 gxh2+ 7.Kh1 and the exposed king isnt bad since black has no pieces developed! He'll have to defend for a long while, but if defending is your thing then black can drive to a won endgame with precision moves.

Originally posted by tomtom232
3...Be7 with ideas of checking are not very good imo because white gets a strong attack after 4. Bc4 Bh4+ 5.g3 fxg3 6. 0-0 gxh2+ 7.Kh1 and the exposed king isnt bad since black has no pieces developed! He'll have to defend for a long while, but if defending is your thing then black can drive to a won endgame with precision moves.