Beating the Kings Gambit

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Beating the Kings Gambit
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I'm having trouble with the Kings Gambit. Here is my response. The choice I've made is the Kings Gambit Declined, which looks sharp and tactical, with open type positions where White's kingside weaknesses come to the fore. These positions start:

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White has two options here: 4. c3 for the big centre or 4. Bc4 transposing into the Vienna

Fireworks in the Kings Gambit declined!
M Ly vs Mikhalevski, 2008
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 54 moves, 1/2-1/2
Transposition into the Vienna game
Chigorin vs Schlechter, 1905
(C30) King's Gambit Declined, 45 moves, 1/2-1/2
2 games

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