Originally posted by Dragon FireSpassky yes, but not Korchnoi, who to the best of my knowledge has only ever played the KG once. (In fact, he rarely plays 1.e4.) He did, however, put his name to a book on the KG written by Zak over 20 years ago.
Spassky and Korchnoi are 2 notable players who have used the Kings Gambit regularly as white.
Originally posted by Northern LadGallagher, Short & Fedorov are maybe better examples.
Spassky yes, but not Korchnoi, who to the best of my knowledge has only ever played the KG once. (In fact, he rarely plays 1.e4.) He did, however, put his name to a book on the KG written by Zak over 20 years ago.
Originally posted by Northern LadMy mistake. I just assumed he played it as I have the Korchnoi / Zak book.
Spassky yes, but not Korchnoi, who to the best of my knowledge has only ever played the KG once. (In fact, he rarely plays 1.e4.) He did, however, put his name to a book on the KG written by Zak over 20 years ago.
On Spassky we all know that Fisher alledgedly busted it for him!