page 1 of 32; games 1-25 of 798  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Amsterdam vs Antwerp 1-0 46 1827 corr ARG C36 King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense 2. Harrwitz vs E Williams 1-0 55 1852 London-2 (m/10) C36 King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense 3. A Meek vs Adbor 1-0 8 1855 New Orleans C36 King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense 4. Morphy vs T Lichtenhein 1-0 28 1857 New Orleans C36 King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense 5. De Riviere vs De Basterot 0-1 44 1858 BFX unknown C36 King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense 6. F Deacon vs Baumann 1-0 29 1859 London m/1 C36 King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense 7. De Riviere vs Kolisch   0-1 61 1859 Paris m/1 C36 King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense 8. S Green vs Lord Lyttelton   ½-½ 54 1862 London m/1 C36 King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense 9. Dubois vs F Burden 1-0 25 1862 London C36 King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense 10. Blackburne vs W C Spens   1-0 26 1875 Blindfold C36 King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense 11. L Svenonius vs M Levertin 1-0 30 1876 Stockholm C36 King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense 12. Blackburne vs Albin   0-1 40 1896 Nuremberg (Germany) C36 King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense 13. Marshall / Allies vs Napier & allies   0-1 27 1896 consult C36 King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense 14. Charousek vs G Makovets 1-0 15 1897 Budapest C36 King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense 15. Charousek vs G Makovets   1-0 36 1897 Budapest C36 King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense 16. A K Makarov vs S Tolstoy 0-1 19 1900 ? C36 King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense 17. Gunsberg vs Pillsbury 0-1 24 1903 Gambit Tournament C36 King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense 18. Maroczy vs Swiderski   ½-½ 34 1903 Vienna C36 King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense 19. Schlechter vs Marshall   ½-½ 43 1903 Vienna gt C36 King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense 20. Schlechter vs Swiderski   0-1 30 1903 Vienna gt C36 King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense 21. G Marco vs Marshall 1-0 29 1905 Ostende C36 King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense 22. Creyghton vs Masius   ½-½ 34 1905 Barmen-D C36 King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense 23. T M Bradshaw vs W Jonas   1-0 32 1905 NSW-ch C36 King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense 24. Chigorin vs Schlechter   ½-½ 41 1906 It C36 King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense 25. Tartakower vs Duras   ½-½ 52 1907 Vienna C36 King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense  page 1 of 32; games 1-25 of 798    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

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< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 2 OF 2 ·  Later Kibitzing > Apr-28-04    seoulmama: Ughaibu, as a KG player, and having read Johansson's book on it, I can say that the Falkbeer is definitely not very good - if White succeeds in handling Black's tricks, he will find himself in a nice endgame ( in most cases that is ) with a marked strategig plus. KGA, with an "show me what you've got"- attitude is the most combative, and best, reaction to 2.f4. Apr-28-04    ughaibu: I see, thanks. Apr-30-04    MutinyFever: Falkbeer countergambit succeeded against me the first time I faced it, and not since then. I welcome it with a happy smile. I agree with seoulmama, all the really ferocious attempts at refutation are in King's Gambit Accepted. (Also, let's get real. Most people are C or B level woodpushers, including me. What works for grandmasters isn't what works for us. We need chess we understand, and KG has never been refuted at the club level.) Apr-30-04    Clock1913: I've played players anywhere from 1800 to 2100 and I've never had a problem with it. The only time I lost as black was against my own coach. 3.. g5 is definetly the best response to nf3. Apr-30-04    ruylopez900: The best way to refute a gambit is to accept it! (I'm not sure who said this, just know it wasn't me :D) Apr-30-04    shr0pshire: I think this is just a quieter version of accepting the gambit, as opposed to versions such as the Paris Attack (1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 3... g5 4. h4). I seem to prefer the Abbazia in blitz games and in traditional time controls I prefer lines such as the paris attack, where I have more time to think of tactics. May-01-04    MutinyFever: This looks like a sharp version of Falkbeer to me Shr0pshire. I think it is more powerful than 2... d5, containing the merits without the weaknesses. Still, what you call Paris attack is what thrills and frightens me. I call it Rosentreter Gambit, because that's my standard reply. (1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4.d4 g4 5.Bxf4 gxf3 6.Qxf3 with an incredibly tactical battle to follow.) I don't blitz much. Rosentreter is far too treacherous for a five minute game. May-01-04    BiLL RobeRTiE: after 1 e4 e5 2 f4 exf4 3 Nf3 g5 4 d4, playing ...g4 seems like an unnecessary risk when Black can just remain a pawn up with a clear plus after ...Bg7 followed by ...h6. May-01-04    BiLL RobeRTiE: Actually, I would go so far as to say that 4 h4! is forced as a reply to 3...g5 as a means of liquidating the pawn chain, similar to how after 1 d4 d5 2 c4 dxc4 3 e4 b5 White 'must' play 4 a4. I don't doubt that the Rosentreter, Quaade, and lines after 4 Bc4 offer quite a few traps for the unsuspecting player plus good development / SOME compensation in exchange for his pawn (or piece if Black risks ...g4), but the fact of the matter is Black is up material and can easily consolidate if he knows what he's doing theorywise. May-30-04    ruylopez900: To continue in the Abbazia Defense would oyu play exd5 (killing off Black's last centre pawn) then Nc3 to gain time off the Queen? d3 doesn't look nice as it isn't conducive to rapid kingside development (point of the KG). d4 seems a bit weak as the two centre pawns may lack defense later on. Any help would be appreciated. May-30-04    BiLL RobeRTiE: Check the opening explorer; the main line runs 3...d5 4. exd5 (4. e5?! doesn't offer much, 4. d4?! drops a pawn, and 4. d3? dxe4 5. dxe4 Qxd1+ 6. Kxd1 is just idiotic) 4...Nf6 (4...Qxd5?! allows White to get a solid plus in development, which is not the idea behind 3...d5) and now White usually plays 5. Bb5+, 5. Bc4, or 5. Nc3, all of which give him a minimal advantage, if any. May-30-04    ruylopez900: <Bill> Thanks for the insights. May-30-04    BiLL RobeRTiE: Sure! May-30-04    refutor: bill, any opinion on the allgaier 4.h4 g4 5.Ng5? i'm sure it's not playable at the super g level (refer to Morozevich vs Kasparov, 1995 ) but i'm sure practically at lower levels it can't be any worse than the muzio, and doesn't allow 4. ...Bg7? Jun-24-05    waddayaplay: I know that L. Pachman called this the "modern treatment" of the KG. (in 1975 or so) , and further "perhaps not the strongest, but at least certainly the most solid reply". Aug-01-05    gambitfan: 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 c6 4. Nc3 exf4 5. Nf3 By transposition, Falkbeer counter gambit == Abazzia defense !! Oct-06-06    Microbe: I play the Allgaier <Refutor> and I enjoy it very much. It may not be sound but it certainly gives your opponent a shock =D Jun-28-07    Marvol: Rather odd that Gallagher has faced this opening 12 times, as white, in the short period of 1986-1992 - not before, not since. Strange coincidence... or a bias in the database? Nov-02-07    pawnofdoom: I always play this agsint the King's Gambit. Is Abbazia in this database? He came up with this defense, but I can't find him anywhere Nov-02-07    Resignation Trap: Abbazia was a place, not a player. It was the former name of Opatija, in present-day Croatia. Nov-02-07    whiteshark: There is a book about this thematic tournament: King's Gambit Accepted Tournament <Abbazia 1912> by Anthony J. Gillam. Publisher: The Chess Player, Nottingham, 1984 Dec-08-07    WarmasterKron: Fun vs. the Abbazia/Modern: Warmaster Kron (1651) - NN (1758) 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Nc3 Qe6+ 6.Be2 Nf6 7.O-O Bd6 8.d4 Nd5 9.Nxd5 Qxd5 10.c4 Qc6 11.Ng5 h6 12.Nxf7 Kxf7 13.Bxf4 Qxf4 14.Rxf4+ Kg8 15.Qf1 Nd7 16.Bf3 Qa6 17.Bd5+ Kh7 18.Qe3+ g6 19.Rf7+ Kg8 20.Rf6+ Kh7 21.Qxg6# 1-0 I'm particularly pleased with 12.Nxf7. Not sure how sound it is, but it seemed to put my opponent on the back foot. Jun-24-08    offtherook: Opening of the day 6/24/08. I don't really enjoy facing this defense, but that's robably just because I haven't studied the theory. Anyone have a good fun line against this? Hopefully keeping all the good gambitty fun you see in other lines. Jan-25-09    blacksburg: hmmm, abbazia. i guess this is what i will play, i played it on accident and it seems like the best practical way to deal with KG, i don't like the ...g5 stuff. Jan-25-09    blacksburg: Bronstein vs Botvinnik, 1952 ok, botvinnik played it, so it must be ok. also, feels like 2 knights defense, which is good. :) < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 2 OF 2 ·  Later Kibitzing >

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