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King's Gambit Declined (C30)
1 e4 e5 2 f4

Number of games in database: 2249
Years covered: 1560 to 2025
Overall record:
   White wins 49.0%
   Black wins 32.6%
   Draws 18.4%

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PRACTITIONERS
With the White Pieces With the Black Pieces
Mikhail Chigorin  38 games
Joseph Blackburne  36 games
Emanuel Lasker  34 games
David Janowski  19 games
NN  18 games
Georg Marco  15 games
NOTABLE GAMES [what is this?]
White Wins Black Wins
Rubinstein vs Hromadka, 1923
Alekhine vs O Tenner, 1911
Ruy Lopez vs G da Cutri, 1560
NN vs Greco, 1625
Pulvermacher vs Capablanca, 1907
Chigorin vs Burn, 1905
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 page 1 of 90; games 1-25 of 2,249  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. Ruy Lopez vs G da Cutri 1-0121560Papal States ExhibitionC30 King's Gambit Declined
2. Greco vs NN 1-0121620UnknownC30 King's Gambit Declined
3. Greco vs NN 1-0101620?C30 King's Gambit Declined
4. NN vs Greco 0-1181625?C30 King's Gambit Declined
5. Philidor vs NN 1-0281749Analyse du jeu des ÉchecsC30 King's Gambit Declined
6. de Beaurevoir vs D Ercole Del Rio 0-1111798CasualC30 King's Gambit Declined
7. McDonnell vs NN 1-0211830CasualC30 King's Gambit Declined
8. A von der Goltz vs von der Lasa  1-0231837Berlin Casual GamesC30 King's Gambit Declined
9. A von der Goltz vs von der Lasa  0-1341837Berlin Casual GamesC30 King's Gambit Declined
10. H Seligo vs von der Lasa  0-1261837von der Lasa - Seligo Casual SeriesC30 King's Gambit Declined
11. von der Lasa vs H Seligo  1-0161837von der Lasa - Seligo Casual SeriesC30 King's Gambit Declined
12. von der Lasa vs H Seligo  0-1281837von der Lasa - Seligo Casual SeriesC30 King's Gambit Declined
13. von der Lasa vs Mortimer  1-0131837von der Lasa - Mortimer Casual SeriesC30 King's Gambit Declined
14. A von der Goltz vs von der Lasa  1-0371837Berlin Casual GamesC30 King's Gambit Declined
15. A von der Goltz vs von der Lasa  0-1171837Berlin Casual GamesC30 King's Gambit Declined
16. A von der Goltz vs von der Lasa  0-1131837Berlin Casual GamesC30 King's Gambit Declined
17. von der Lasa vs Bledow  0-1361839von der Lasa - Bledow Casual SeriesC30 King's Gambit Declined
18. von der Lasa vs Bledow  1-0441839von der Lasa - Bledow Casual SeriesC30 King's Gambit Declined
19. von der Lasa vs Bledow 1-0521839von der Lasa - Bledow Casual SeriesC30 King's Gambit Declined
20. NN vs Staunton 0-1331841Casual gameC30 King's Gambit Declined
21. von der Lasa vs Bledow 0-1301841von der Lasa - Bledow Casual SeriesC30 King's Gambit Declined
22. NN vs C Jaenisch 1-0271842BerlinC30 King's Gambit Declined
23. von der Lasa vs C Jaenisch 1-0281842Casual gameC30 King's Gambit Declined
24. F Devinck vs Kieseritzky  ½-½331842Café de la Régence, ParisC30 King's Gambit Declined
25. H R Kuiper vs H A Kennedy  0-1481845Casual gameC30 King's Gambit Declined
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Jun-21-06  KingG: <DeepBlade> The main line is actually 4.Nc3, but 4.Qe2!? is interesting, as in R Metzger vs Happe, 1990.
Jun-21-06  DeepBlade: <RookFile> Indeed, Spassky was a stubborn KG warrior. In his games you can see the KG approach on Grandmaster level. Its cool, but thats a bit too much for me to chew on. Long live the KG on club level! A little observation, 1800 rated players often play the KG in all its theoretical correctness, but tend to get locked after the memorised openinglines. They accept characteristic KG sacs, without knowing the true intent of it. Also, playing vs a computer at 3-4 ply is a good thing if you want to learn the KG. Let a top engine play against a 4-5 ply engine, observe and recognise. The top level KG steers towards the endgame, and I dont like them, so I play attacking. I would rather play a doubious/trappish/tal move instead of exchanging my way into boringness.
Jun-21-06  Jilted Rook: <DeepBlade> <fxe4? Looks unproffesional to me> It actually loses to Qh4+!
Jun-22-06  harcee sarmiento: i guess mr schiller is suggesting the falkbeer more sound in facing the gambit. please correct me if im wrong.
Jun-22-06  harcee sarmiento: Actually, i rarely play the KG but im an avid user of the 3.Bc4 than the 3.Nf3 of it because FOR ME, it is flexible and give me more presence in the center.
Jun-22-06  KingG: <harcee sarmiento> No, <Eric Schiller> is suggesting the Modern(or Abbazia) defence, but using the Falkbeer move order. Presumably this is so that the defence can be played against both the 3.Nf3 and 3.Bc4 variations.

The line he suggests playing is 1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 exf5!(instead of 3...e4!? which is the Falkbeer).

Jun-22-06  RookFile: Well, 1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 was a choice of Rubinstein. In my own games, I've won the 4 or 5 games I've played with it. It's a really simple system, whether white goes for c3 and d4, or the Nc3 and Na4 idea.
Jun-22-06  KingG: <RookFile> If White plays Nc3, do you try and save the bishop with a6, or do you allow it to be captured?
Jun-22-06  RookFile: Yeah, I usually go Nc3 Bb6 allowing Nxb6.... although i've seen ....a6 and also ....Nbd7 allowing the capture.
Jun-22-06  KingG: Any reason you don't play the Fischer defence? :-)
Jun-22-06
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  Eric Schiller: KingG is right, I use the Falkbeer move order to avoid all of White's move 3 options.
Jun-22-06  RookFile: KingG: Fischer's defense seems very complex, and I don't see the king's gambit often. I play this 1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 and win. Until somebody comes along and shows me any reason why black shouldn't be happy with his development lead, I'm ok with this.
Jun-22-06  harcee sarmiento: <eric schiller & KingG> ah.. thank you. how about this. 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4.h4?... thus one of the main line? I've tried many times my own alterntive of 4.h3?! eventually i won my times. wht do you think about this move??
Jun-22-06  refutor: 4.h3 doesn't do anything
Jun-23-06
Premium Chessgames Member
  IMlday: " I would rather play a doubious/trappish/tal move instead of exchanging my way into boringness."

But that is the whole magic of the KG's, that the endgames favour white.

Jun-23-06  KingG: <harcee sarmiento> The point of 4.h4 is to put pressure on the Black pawn chain, to make it more difficult for him to hold on to the extra pawn and keep the f-file closed. 4.h3 doesn't do that, so it's pretty useless.
Jun-23-06  mack: <But that is the whole magic of the KG's, that the endgames favour white.>

Hear, hear!

Jun-23-06  harcee sarmiento: ah ok. thanks guys.
Jun-23-06  DeepBlade: <IMlday> Quite a bold statement, but I like it! Ive seen people talk bad about the KG, talkin like ''If black gets to defend well the extra pawn wins the endgame'', but frankly White gets the upper hand in the endgame. My statement was just expressing my style, I suck at the endgame and I find it boring. Middlegame is my canvas, my hand is the brush, my ideas are my paint, and chess is my artwork!
Jun-28-06  DeepBlade: The 1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5
exf4 moveorder

[White "DeepBlade"]
[Black "NN"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Event "InstantChess"]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5
exf4 4.Nf3 Bd6 5.Nc3 Nf6
6.Bb5+ c6 7.dxc6 bxc6 8.Bc4 O-O
9.O-O Bc5+ 10.Kh1 Nd5 11.Ne4
Bb6 12.d4 Bc7 13.Bb3 Ne3
14.Bxe3 fxe3 15.Qd3 Re8 16.Bxf7+
Kxf7 17.Nfg5+ Kg8 18.Nxh7
Kxh7 19.Nf6+ Kh8 20.Qh7# 1-0

Jun-28-06  KingG: <DeepBlade> Nice game, but your opponent played horribly, even by NN standards :-). Also, the final sacrifice was incorrect, after 18...Qh4!(threatening mate in 1), i don't see how White can avoid losing.

Instead, the immediate 18.Nf6+! was winning.

Jun-28-06  DeepBlade: <KingG> Indeed the first one was correct, but I thought ''What the heck, for the fun of it''...
Jun-29-06  DeepBlade: [White "DeepBlade"]
[Black "NN"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Event "InstantChess"]

1.e4 d6 2.f4 Nf6 3.Nc3
g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bc4 Nbd7
6.O-O O-O 7.d3 c6 8.Be3 Ng4
9.Qe2 e5 10.Bd2 exf4 <now it looks like a KG> 11.Bxf4 Nge5 12.Bb3 Nc5 13.d4 Nxb3 14.axb3 Nxf3+ 15.Qxf3 Bxd4+
16.Kh1 Be6 17.Bh6 Re8 18.Ne2
Bxb2 19.Nf4 Qf6 20.Rae1 Bc3
21.Rd1 Rad8 22.Qg3 Bc8 23.Nh5
Qe7 24.Qxc3 1-0

Jun-29-06  DeepBlade: A Sicilian Approach, A good conception due the d4 control.

[White "DeepBlade"]
[Black "NN"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Event "InstantChess"]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3
c5 4.Bc4 Nc6 5.O-O Nf6 6.d3
h6 7.Bxf4 d6 8.Nc3 a6 9.Qd2
Bg4 10.Rae1 g5 11.Bg3 h5
12.h3 Bd7 13.Nxg5 Nh7 14.Bxf7+
Ke7 15.Nd5# 1-0

Jun-29-06  AgentRgent: DeepBlade: A Sicilian Approach, A good conception due the d4 control.

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4> No offense, but why is this in the KG Declined?

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