Short finishes with 2 points at Montreal Intern...

I read somewhere about Short's King Gambit. Perhaps this result is as a result of such a "world class opening" as the King's Gambit? Why don't GMs like Kasparov or Karpov play the KG?

king's gambit...one of the old openings from the "Romantic Era" of chess, 1800's or so, it's gone in and out of style, never been refuted. Some of the greats played it, like Alekhine, Keres, TAL!!!, Fischer, even, (before he was beaten by it), and Spassky. David Bronstien did too. Nigel Short played it and did quite well. It's OK.

Originally posted by Sam The Sham
king's gambit...one of the old openings from the "Romantic Era" of chess, 1800's or so, it's gone in and out of style, never been refuted. Some of the greats played it, like Alekhine, Keres, TAL!!!, Fischer, even, (before he was beaten by it), and Spassky. David Bronstien did too. Nigel Short played it and did quite well. It's OK.

Originally posted by cmsMaster
When did Tal play it?

Originally posted by sannevssr
1960, 1963, 1985, 1993

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Originally posted by adramforall
lol you get my 2nd rec of the month....

Originally posted by Jusuh
You get my first nomination to "Butt-licker of the month" prize.

*chessisvanity giggling in the corner*

The King's Gambit is alive and well when my opponents at blitz dare to play 1...e5 against my 1 e4. (Since I'm only rated 1800, I guess that's not a very convincing sales pitch for the opening, is it?)

Originally posted by z00t
I read somewhere about Short's King Gambit. Perhaps this result is as a result of such a "world class opening" as the King's Gambit? Why don't GMs like Kasparov or Karpov play the KG?