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| Mar-28-07 | | Karel: Hi, I've been struggling with this variation for some time now and although I always managed to put up a good fight I havn't won a single game with it (me being white). Could someone maybe point me in the direction of some master games where this has been played, I would appreciate it a lot. (Btw in his book on the KG Joe Gallagher says that white is good here but unfortunately he gives no follow up on this variation) 1. e4 e5
2. f4 d5
3. exd5 e4
4. d3 Nf6
5. dxe4 Nxe4
6. Be3 Qh4+
7. g3 Nxg3
8. Nf3 Qh5
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| Jan-21-08 | | popski: I'm not a KG player although I like active games, but I think that is Falkbeer even more annoying for a KG players than Abbazia Defense. Falkbeer Counter Gambit somehow force white do defend instantly or at least can't play the same way as they do when they gain tempo with exf4, which usually doesn't fits to KG players. Good opening to experiment with! |
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| Jan-21-08 | | KingG: <Karel> I guess the point is that after something like 10.Qe2, White has a massive lead in development for the exchange. Play might continue 10...Bd6 11.Bd4+ Kf8 12.Nbd2 Qh5 13.0-0-0.
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I don't think a King's Gambit player should object to such a position. A better move for Black might be 8...Qe7, which i presume is the main line. Overall I think 6.Nf3 is a better move than 6.Be3 anyway. As far as i know, White should get at least a favourable endgame out of it. And there are also some nice traps involved, for example: Reti vs Breyer, 1918. |
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| Apr-05-08 | | Auggie: According to G.M. Neil McDonald in his book, The Kings Gambit, white has good winning chances in the Falkbeer, and as a result, it is rarely if ever played at the highest levels these days. Personally I prefer either the Modern Defense with 3...d5 or the Fischer defense with 3.. d6. |
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| Jun-25-08 | | The Chess Player: Does anyone know when Pinski's book on the KG will finally come out? |
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Jun-25-08
 | | An Englishman: The Falkbeer is one of those Black countergambits that I wish was sound, but can't say that it is, just like the Albin, the von Hennig-Schara, the Winawar Countergambit in the Slav, and 1.e4,e5; 2.Nf3,Nc6; 3.d4,d5?! Those aggressive central advances look so cool, but they just don't seem to work. |
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| Aug-01-08 | | Silverstrike: An interesting loss of mine.
Duncan Campbell (1846) v Julius Schwartz (1679)
1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 c6 (mixing the move order, should have played 3...e4) 4.dxc6 e4 5.d3 e3 5.Bxe3 Nf6 6.Bxe3 Nf6 7.Nf3 Qe7 8.Qe2 Nxc6 9.Bd2 Be6 10.a3 0-0-0 11.Nc3 Qc7 12.0-0-0 Nd5 13.Nxd5 Bxd5 14.Re1 Bc5 15.Qd1 Qd6 16.c4 Be6 17.b4 Bf2 18.Rxe6 Qxe6 19.Qe2 Qxe2 20.Bxe2 Rhe8 21.Bf1 Nd4 22.Nxd4 Rxd4 23.g4 Be1 24.f5 f6 25.h3 b6 26.Bg2 Bxd2+ 27.Kxd2 Rf4 28.Be4 Rf2+ 29.Kc3 Kc7 30.c5 bxc5 31.bxc5 Re5 32.Kd4 Rb2 33.g5 Re8 34.gxf6 gxf6 35.Kc3 Ra2 36.Kb3 Re2 37.Rg1 Re3 38.Rg7+ Kb8 39.Kc4 Re1 40.Rb7+ Kc8 41.Rxa7 Rc1+ 42.Kd5 Re5+ 43.Kd6 Resigns |
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| Feb-18-09 | | m0nkee1: I am yet to find a safe line through the kings gambit. I accept & play b-e7 early on black (not sure what this is called), which often gives you the check on h4. But no matter how flash the counter attack white seems to get the upper hand. There must be a quiet way through this opening. Any tips welcome. Counter-attacking just leaves a mess. I don't think this is an opening at all! just a mess for both sides! i sigh whenever it's played. I wonder with a bit of study if e5, nc6, nf3 might give anything. |
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| Mar-06-09 | | FiveofSwords: hi monkee. First of all, the idea of putting the bishop on e7 is ONLY good against lines where white pushes h4. Against other stuff the bishop is much better placed on g7. No there is no quiet way through this opening and if you want a quiet game then 1...e5 is not for you. Theres a massive number of different openings besides the king's gambit where you are not going to get a quiet game after 1...e5. If you really want a quiet game then i suggest you play the opening in a way where you dont really allow your pawns to be fixed and/or exchanged, simply allow white a nice space advantage, and when you are done developing (in a possibly inferior, meager way admittedly) then proceed from there. |
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| Mar-06-09 | | WhiteRook48: how about 3. exd5? |
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| Mar-07-09 | | chessman95: 3.exd5 is the main line here, and black's plan is to push the pawn to e4 and block the development of white's king knight and also the d-pawn. After d3 though, white has the advantage. <monkee> FiveofSwords is right about that. If you are looking for quiet openings after 1.e4 then ...e5 is not for you. The French, CK, or even the hypermodern Pirc and Modern Defense all have lines in them that are as quiet as it's going to get in the king pawn openings. |
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| Mar-07-09 | | blacksburg: <monkee> if you can't play 1...e5 because it is too sharp, the solution is not to find a duller opening, the solution is to learn to play more sharply and practice tactics. |
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| Mar-07-09 | | chessman95: Probably good advise, assuming you have the time to learn the vast amount of theory on 1.e4 e5. Even if you can't play the Open Games well, a year or two of experience in what is the hardest branch of opening theory to master (the Sicilian's pretty complicated too) will pay off when you play 'easier' openings like the French or CK. The openings that I play are fairly limited, but I know almost every opening there is, and I have found that knowledge of many openings can help you understand and play other openings. |
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| Jul-18-10 | | jbtigerwolf: I've come to learn that the percentages on this site are not reliable as a true guide to opening strength for either side, as they simply contain 'games in the database'... However, the % is a rough guide and if you look at the KGA, it is 42.7% win for Black, whereas the Falkbeer Counter Gambit is 44%... some might say that as Black you should play the Falkbeer, but this looks much more complex than the KGA and for the sake of 1.3%, it makes no sense to complicate things. Black has a great advantage in the KGA, so simply play that. It makes sense. The King's Gambit is something that is played by one who knows what he is doing and probably plays it all the time... but it is a shaky looking opening, and there must be a reason it is not played at master level. |
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| Jul-23-10 | | rapidcitychess: <jbtigerwolf><the percentages on this site are not reliable> We all know that. look at 1.Na3 in Opening Explorer or 1.g4 <Black has a great advantage in the KGA>
How rash. To proclaim a gambit used by Bronstein, Fischer, Spassky, and many more to be a bad position for white is madness. <there must be a reason that it isn't played at master level.> To be honest, why isn't the Chigorin defense to the Queen's gambit played? Why not the Alekhine? Why not the Nimzo-Rubenstein Sicilian? Why not the French Defense? All of these respected openings have gone under the radar, but are still solid. The King's gambit is no longer popular due to new defenses and counter pawn sacrifices, and things that put gambits out of business. That is why the Ruy Lopez is played in most high level 1.e4 e5 games. I hope that helps. RCC
P.S. Carlsen played the KG at Bazna King's. |
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Jul-23-10
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| Jul-23-10 | | jbtigerwolf: Yes, I think you hit it right there. Both RCC and Eric. Thanks. Yes, I am a bit rash in my comments. Am doing a back-flip after reading up on Morphy, Alekhine, Anderssen and Spassky... and this flamboyant, exciting opening. So 1.e4 e5 2.f4. I will give it a whirl.
I actually like the Danish Gambit and the look of both the Blackmar (after 1..d5) and the Smith-Morra (after 1..c5) So the only reason I never tried the King's Gambit was because people said it was no good. Even Fischer said it was refuted... but it appears maybe not. Now for black I have to think about KGA or KGD. Spassky accepted the gambit even though he used it himself... I did a quick check of the King's Gambit and it seems that folks are still accepting it... if Fischer was right about his 2..d6, then this makes no sense. Personally, I feel I need to accept the gambit! I can't help myself. I just love the open position and I don't like the uncertainty of leaving a pawn en-prise. Having said that, I considering 1..e5 to 1.f4; the From! I feel liberated. There's some scary stuff in the King's Gambit, whether it's accepted or declined. I actually like the idea of thing's like combating the Falkbeer and the Adelaide. Five stars. |
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| Jul-23-10 | | unsound: <jbtw> It's OK, you can accept the Gambit and be consistent with Fischer, whose "high class waiting move" was not 2...d6 but 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 d6 |
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| Jul-24-10 | | rapidcitychess: <unsound><"high class waiting move">
Not a high class waiting move. 4.Bc4 g5 5.d4 Bg7 is the main line. A "high class" waiting move is one to force the other player to commit their pieces, there fore their plans. e.g. <1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Be7 4.Nf3> where white can no longer play f4. 3...d6 is played in order to stop e5.
On a side note, Fischer considered 3.Nf3 to be ,quote, "practically refuted." But he does not say 3.Bc4 is refuted. Also, understand practically refuted, and refuted are two different things. RCC |
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| Jul-25-10 | | MaxxLange: Fischer's article "busting" the KGA was pretty unconvincing, and his system certainly did not finish off the gambit. Hand-waving phrases like "a high-class waiting move" should make anyone suspicious. Then, we have what - 45 years of practice to judge the line by? It's OK for Black., but not really superior to other defenses. |
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| Jul-25-10 | | unsound: <RCC> As you can tell from the quotation marks, I was quoting Bobby Fischer, not giving my own judgment--what are you getting on my case for? If you have a beef with Bobby, that's between you two. |
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| Jul-25-10 | | rapidcitychess: <unsound> I don't have a <beef> with you or Bobby. I'm not trying to get on your case, I'm just pointing out that it isn't a waiting move.
<MaxxLange>
I'm just wondering if you could post that article.
RCC |
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| Jul-25-10 | | Call me Ishmael: The King's Gambit is alive and well.
There is nothing special about Fischer's line (3..d6), it's sound but not the best way to meet the KG. The Modern Defense (Abbazia) via the Falkbeer Counter Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 exf4 4.Nf3 Nf6) is the best way to meet 2.f4. This was played recently against Carlsen: Carlsen vs Wang Yue, 2010
I think the only thing that has been refuted is the long standing claim by many that the KG is not sound. Not only is the King's Gambit sound but it's rock solid. Hopefully Carlsen's game will get GMs to give this great opening a second look. |
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| Jul-25-10 | | nescio: <rapidcitychess: <MaxxLange>
I'm just wondering if you could post that article.> To save <MaxxLange> the trouble, here it is: http://www.chesscafe.com/text/bust.... |
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Jan-25-12
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King's Gambit Declined, Falkbeer Counter Gambit
1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5
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