White's materialism loses to black piece activity (annotated)
McDonnell vs La Bourdonnais, 1834  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 20 moves, 0-1
White breaks through with his slowly prepared attack
Kieseritzky vs I Calvi, 1842  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 36 moves, 1-0
Minor pieces mate after queen sacrifice
J Schulten vs Kieseritzky, 1850  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 18 moves, 0-1
Quick development and action lead to mate in 17
Harrwitz vs Anderssen, 1848  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 1-0
Resourceful attack by Morphy
Morphy vs E Rousseau, 1849  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 1-0
Well played by black, not so well by white
J McConnell vs Morphy, 1849  (C38) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 0-1
"The Immortal Game"
Anderssen vs Kieseritzky, 1851  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0
Kingside attack by Max Lange
M Lange vs Anderssen, 1851  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 21 moves, 1-0
Great queen sac and king hunt (and great pun, too)
J Matschego vs Falkbeer, 1853  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 25 moves, 0-1
White breaks through queenside
Staunton / Barnes vs Owen / Loewenthal, 1857  (C38) King's Gambit Accepted, 31 moves, 1-0
Excellent attacking game by Morphy as black...
J Schulten vs Morphy, 1857  (C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 23 moves, 0-1
...and white
Morphy vs G W Medley, 1858  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 26 moves, 1-0
Mutually wild game
Morphy vs Anderssen, 1858  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0
Exploiting back rank weakness
Morphy vs G W Lyttelton, 1858  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 1-0
One more Morphy's King Gambit
Morphy vs Bird, 1858  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 18 moves, 1-0
When both sides prefer attacking to defending their Kings
de Riviere vs H Baucher, 1859  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 46 moves, 1-0
Paulsen successfully defends against Muzio Gambit
Kolisch vs Paulsen, 1861  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 35 moves, 0-1
"Rooks & bishops do the mating" by Anderssen
J Rosanes vs Anderssen, 1862  (C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 19 moves, 0-1
"Face the Muzio"
Blackburne vs Anderssen, 1862  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 24 moves, 1-0
Nice miniature by Black
Mackenzie vs Paulsen, 1861  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 20 moves, 0-1
Great attack by Anderssen
J Rosanes vs Anderssen, 1863  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 0-1
Black opens H-file for white's attack
G Neumann vs Dufresne, 1863  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 17 moves, 1-0
Steinitz's quick development and attack
Steinitz vs E Thorold, 1864  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 24 moves, 1-0
Far far from home...
J Springer vs G Neumann, 1865  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 32 moves, 0-1
Knight runs into windmill
Anderssen vs Zukertort, 1865  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 1-0
White under constant attack
Mayet vs G Neumann, 1865  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 27 moves, 0-1
White uses lead in development and F-file to attack
Morphy vs Maurian, 1866  (000) Chess variants, 18 moves, 1-0
2nd rank intrusion by black
Steinitz vs Anderssen, 1866  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 24 moves, 0-1
Very bold play and nice attack by Blackburne (annotated)
G Neumann vs Blackburne, 1867  (C38) King's Gambit Accepted, 33 moves, 0-1
Kingside pawn storm as compensation for the queen
G MacDonnell vs Bird, 1874  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 38 moves, 0-1
"Rooks & bishops do the mating 2" by Anderssen
F Riemann vs Anderssen, 1876  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 16 moves, 0-1
Successful attack in Muzio 1
Charousek vs K Schneider, 1891  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 21 moves, 1-0
Unexpectedly quick collapse of black's position
Charousek vs G Makovetz, 1893  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 13 moves, 1-0
Attacking play great mating combination
Maroczy vs G Exner, 1894  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 24 moves, 1-0
Fantastic play by Charousek
Charousek vs J Wollner, 1895  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 21 moves, 1-0
Nice quenless attack
Fitzgerald vs Sam Loyd, 1877  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 26 moves, 0-1
Successful attack in Muzio 2
S Niemzowitsch vs NN, 1899  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 1-0
Successful attack in Muzio 3
A Pulitzer vs G Marco, 1896  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 18 moves, 1-0
Black comes of better after mutual attacks
Teichmann vs G Marco, 1903  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 33 moves, 0-1
"Careful with Attacks, Eugene"
Chigorin vs Znosko-Borovsky, 1903  (C31) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 31 moves, 1-0
Maroczy attacks
Maroczy vs Chigorin, 1903  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 24 moves, 1-0
Black is faster with his attack
Lasker vs Chigorin, 1903  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 25 moves, 0-1
First row mate after king hunt
B Kurz vs K Treybal, 1904  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 22 moves, 0-1
Nice attack and nice mate
W Napier vs NN, 1904  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 1-0
Breaking down black castle
Alekhine vs V Kuprianov, 1909  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1-0
Successful attack in Muzio 4
Spielmann vs P S Leonhardt, 1912  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 28 moves, 1-0
Nice play by Spielmann
Spielmann vs Reti, 1912  (C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 26 moves, 1-0
One of most unusual variations of KG
J Fort vs W Campbell, 1913  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 21 moves, 1-0
Great attacking play in Falkbeer Countergambit
Spielmann vs Tarrasch, 1923  (C32) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 26 moves, 0-1
Keres attacks
Keres vs Petrov, 1940  (C32) King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit, 24 moves, 1-0
Black turns the tables in Muzio Gambit
P Morley vs G T Crown, 1945  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 0-1
Bronstein attacks
Bronstein vs P Dubinin, 1947  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 27 moves, 1-0
Furious attack starting from move 6
Lutikov vs Korchnoi, 1951  (C35) King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham, 24 moves, 1-0
Botvinnik demonstrates great play as black
Bronstein vs Botvinnik, 1952  (C36) King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense, 25 moves, 0-1
Bronstein knew how to attack as Black, too
F Duz-Khotimirsky vs Bronstein, 1954  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 19 moves, 0-1
Famous Fischer's loss in KG
Spassky vs Fischer, 1960  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 29 moves, 1-0
Not your typical draw
Bronstein vs Petrosian, 1963  (C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 23 moves, 1/2-1/2
Spassky attacks
Spassky vs Kholmov, 1964  (C35) King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham, 25 moves, 1-0
Mate with minimal forces
Keres vs Bronstein, 1965  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 22 moves, 0-1
Meanwhile, Fischer realized virtues of KG
Fischer vs D Minic, 1968  (C33) King's Gambit Accepted, 24 moves, 1-0
Mutually sharp game
Bronstein vs C Chaude de Silans, 1969  (C35) King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham, 32 moves, 1-0
White's position is prone to attacks, too
B Lasak vs S Naftalin, 1977  (C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 15 moves, 0-1
Quite a fun game
L Josteinsson vs D Van Riper, 1978  (C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 20 moves, 0-1
Pawn storm opposite wings
G H Kroes vs A Hotting, 1985  (C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 24 moves, 1-0
Crumping the black position
O Popovych vs E Karklins, 1989  (C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 16 moves, 1-0
Truly remniscent of 19th century
Shirov vs J Lapinski, 1990  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 17 moves, 1-0
Nice middlegame combination by white
J Gallagher vs Balashov, 1991  (C36) King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense, 35 moves, 1-0
Why is castling one of priorities in KG
J Hector vs R Ziatdinov, 1994  (C36) King's Gambit Accepted, Abbazia Defense, 24 moves, 1-0
Unexpected rook sacrifice
J Aagaard vs P A Rasmussen, 1996  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 31 moves, 1-0
White King walks out of Black attack
Short vs Piket, 1997  (C35) King's Gambit Accepted, Cunningham, 24 moves, 1-0
"Rocky Marciano"
Shulman vs D Marciano, 1997  (C25) Vienna, 26 moves, 1-0
Opposite wings attack
M Woudsma vs R Bloemhard, 1998  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 28 moves, 1-0
Fantastic...very bold play
D Pruess vs W Shipman, 1998  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 40 moves, 1-0
Grischuk attacks
Grischuk vs V Yandemirov, 2000  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 27 moves, 1-0
White forgets to develop and focuses on pawn moves
E Berg vs J Hector, 2001  (C30) King's Gambit Declined, 33 moves, 0-1
Great last move
Fedorov vs Z Gyimesi, 2001  (C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 24 moves, 1-0
Berg attacks
E Berg vs D de Vreugt, 2002  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 45 moves, 1-0
Queen overpowers the crumped black pieces
H Pitre vs F Meng, 2005  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 33 moves, 1-0
Kudos to both playres for such an exciting game
Short vs M Bluvshtein, 2007  (C34) King's Gambit Accepted, 42 moves, 0-1
KG at its best
A Gabrielian vs M Krylov, 2009  (C39) King's Gambit Accepted, 66 moves, 1-0
Successful attack in Muzio 5
M Lanzani vs M Sheskin, 2010  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 24 moves, 1-0
Eames attacks
R Eames vs G Kjartansson, 2010  (C37) King's Gambit Accepted, 26 moves, 1-0
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