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King's Gambit Accepted (C38)
1 e4 e5 2 f4 exf4 3 Nf3 g5 4 Bc4 Bg7

Number of games in database: 640
Years covered: 1620 to 2022
Overall record:
   White wins 41.6%
   Black wins 46.2%
   Draws 12.2%

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PRACTITIONERS
With the White Pieces With the Black Pieces
Adolf Anderssen  17 games
Tassilo von der Lasa  11 games
Andrey Dadian  10 games
NN  21 games
Gustav Neumann  14 games
Tassilo von der Lasa  10 games
NOTABLE GAMES [what is this?]
White Wins Black Wins
Staunton vs NN, 1840
Morphy vs A Meek, 1855
Morphy vs Anderssen, 1858
J McConnell vs Morphy, 1849
R Raubitschek vs Capablanca, 1906
C Mayet vs Hirschfeld, 1861
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 page 1 of 26; games 1-25 of 640  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Greco vs NN 1-0161620Miscellaneous gameC38 King's Gambit Accepted
2. Greco vs NN 1-0151620Miscellaneous gameC38 King's Gambit Accepted
3. L L'Aisne vs Maubuisson 0-1171680CasualC38 King's Gambit Accepted
4. Philidor vs NN 1-0161750Analyse du jeu des ÉchecsC38 King's Gambit Accepted
5. J Bruehl vs Philidor 0-1441788Philidor Blindfold simul, 3b LondonC38 King's Gambit Accepted
6. W Lewis vs J T Parkinson 1-0251813BFX unknownC38 King's Gambit Accepted
7. W Lewis vs J T Parkinson 1-0481813UnknownC38 King's Gambit Accepted
8. J Sarratt vs NN 1-0161818ENGC38 King's Gambit Accepted
9. J Sarratt vs NN 1-0131818EnglandC38 King's Gambit Accepted
10. J Sarratt vs NN 1-0261818UnknownC38 King's Gambit Accepted
11. J Sarratt vs NN 1-0271818UnknownC38 King's Gambit Accepted
12. J Sarratt vs NN 1-0171818UnknownC38 King's Gambit Accepted
13. W Lewis vs P Williams 1-0651819London m/1C38 King's Gambit Accepted
14. J Cazenove vs O Tomalin 1-0221819London m/7C38 King's Gambit Accepted
15. W Lewis vs NN 1-0211820CasualC38 King's Gambit Accepted
16. McDonnell vs NN 1-0281828Blindfold gameC38 King's Gambit Accepted
17. G Walker vs Cochrane 1-0241830Unknown-aroundC38 King's Gambit Accepted
18. McDonnell vs La Bourdonnais 0-1591834La Bourdonnais - McDonnell 3rd Casual MatchC38 King's Gambit Accepted
19. McDonnell vs La Bourdonnais 1-0321834La Bourdonnais - McDonnell 3rd Casual MatchC38 King's Gambit Accepted
20. La Bourdonnais vs McDonnell ½-½921834La Bourdonnais - McDonnell 4th Casual MatchC38 King's Gambit Accepted
21. von der Lasa vs A von der Goltz  1-0271837Berlin Casual GamesC38 King's Gambit Accepted
22. A von der Goltz vs von der Lasa  0-1551837Berlin Casual GamesC38 King's Gambit Accepted
23. A von der Goltz vs von der Lasa  0-1301837Berlin Casual GamesC38 King's Gambit Accepted
24. P Bilguer vs Bledow  1-0191838BerlinC38 King's Gambit Accepted
25. von der Lasa vs Bledow  0-1501838Bledow-LasaC38 King's Gambit Accepted
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jul-23-03  F3rdHrsman: Does anyone have a copy of the American Chess Quarterly with Fischer's "busting" the King's Gambit? I loaned mine out year's ago and never got it back... if so, please e-mail me. Thanks in advance!
May-30-04  ruylopez900: <F3rdHrsman> Fischer never busted the Gambit, that was just his ego talking. At best he found a testing line, but the King's Gambit isn't dead!
May-30-04  Swindler: ChessCafe.com have it, http://www.chesscafe.com/text/bust....
Jan-08-06  DeepBlade: Arg, not KP-Kt4 kind of notation! Just need nice and clean readable notation like 1. e4 e5 2. f4
Jan-08-06  hintza: Well, Fischer had a preference for descriptive notation. To be honest I don't know why people get so annoyed by it, it's not exactly hard to grasp.
Sep-05-06  jamesmaskell: I prefer algebraic notation due to its being easy to read. Descriptive notation can be hard to get. I sometimes have trouble and it definitely slows down my studying.
Dec-30-06  JohnNash: Shut up you all and just play!!!
Aug-10-08  just a kid: <johnNash>Not nice!
Apr-13-10  rapidcitychess: N-KB3 is practically refuted by P-Q3.
-Fischer <ruylopez> Fischer never really liked you. <TD> was his little bro.
Jan-12-20  Pyrandus: "Goddam" (G.B. Shaw)

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