King's Gambit

King's Gambit

The King's Gambit is one of the oldest openings in chess and for good reason. The possibilities the opening presents have intrigued the greatest chess minds for years including greats such as Spassky, Tal, and Fischer. White, on the second move challenges black's center and begins an attack at the black kingside....

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5 Nf6 6.Nxg4 Nxe4 7.d3
Ng3 8.Bxf4 Nxh1 9.Qe2+ Qe7 10.Nf6+ Kd8 11.Bxc7+ Kxc7 12.Nd5+
Kd8 13.Nxe7 Bxe7 14.Qg4 d6 15.Qf4 Rg8 16.Qxf7 Bxh4+ 17.Kd2 Re8
18.Na3 Na6 19.Qh5 Bf6 20.Qxh1 Bxb2 21.Qh4+ Kd7 22.Rb1 Bxa3
23.Qa4+ 1-0

Paul Morphy vs Eugene Rousseau
New Orleans 1849
[Result 1-0]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ng5 h6 6. Nxf7 Kxf7
7. Qxg4 Qf6 8. Bc4+ Ke7 9. Nc3 c6 10. e5 Qxe5+ 11. Kd1 Kd8
12. Re1 Qc5 13. Bxg8 d5 14. Re8+ Kxe8 15. Qxc8+ Ke7 16. Nxd5+
Kd6 17. Qc7# 1-0

Paul Morphy vs Adolf Anderssen
Casual Game 1858
[Result 1-0]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5 Nf6 6.Nxg4 Nxe4 7.d3
Ng3 8.Bxf4 Nxh1 9.Qe2+ Qe7 10.Nf6+ Kd8 11.Bxc7+ Kxc7 12.Nd5+
Kd8 13.Nxe7 Bxe7 14.Qg4 d6 15.Qf4 Rg8 16.Qxf7 Bxh4+ 17.Kd2 Re8
18.Na3 Na6 19.Qh5 Bf6 20.Qxh1 Bxb2 21.Qh4+ Kd7 22.Rb1 Bxa3
23.Qa4+ 1-0

King's Gambit

The King's Gambit is one of the oldest openings in chess and for good reason. The possibilities the opening presents have intrigued the greatest chess minds for years including greats such as Spassky, Tal, and Fischer. White, on the second move challenges black's center and begins an attack at the black kingside....

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5 Nf6 6.Nxg4 Nxe4 7.d3
Ng3 8.Bxf4 Nxh1 9.Qe2+ Qe7 10.Nf6+ Kd8 11.Bxc7+ Kxc7 12.Nd5+
Kd8 13.Nxe7 Bxe7 14.Qg4 d6 15.Qf4 Rg8 16.Qxf7 Bxh4+ 17.Kd2 Re8
18.Na3 Na6 19.Qh5 Bf6 20.Qxh1 Bxb2 21.Qh4+ Kd7 22.Rb1 Bxa3
23.Qa4+ 1-0

tis a good opening against week opposition

King's Gambit

The King's Gambit is one of the oldest openings in chess and for good reason. The possibilities the opening presents have intrigued the greatest chess minds for years including greats such as Spassky, Tal, and Fischer. White, on the second move challenges black's center and begins an attack at the black kingside....

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5 Nf6 6.Nxg4 Nxe4 7.d3
Ng3 8.Bxf4 Nxh1 9.Qe2+ Qe7 10.Nf6+ Kd8 11.Bxc7+ Kxc7 12.Nd5+
Kd8 13.Nxe7 Bxe7 14.Qg4 d6 15.Qf4 Rg8 16.Qxf7 Bxh4+ 17.Kd2 Re8
18.Na3 Na6 19.Qh5 Bf6 20.Qxh1 Bxb2 21.Qh4+ Kd7 22.Rb1 Bxa3
23.Qa4+ 1-0

Boris Spassky vs Robert James Fischer
1960
King's Gambit: Accepted.
[Result 1-0]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Nf6 6. d4 d6
7. Nd3 Nxe4 8. Bxf4 Bg7 9. Nc3 $6 Nxc3 10. bxc3 10... c5
11. Be2 cxd4 12. O-O Nc6 13. Bxg4 O-O 14. Bxc8 Rxc8 15. Qg4 f5
$15 16. Qg3 dxc3 17. Rae1 Kh8 18. Kh1 Rg8 19. Bxd6 Bf8
20. Be5+ Nxe5 21. Qxe5+ Rg7 22. Rxf5 Qxh4+ 23. Kg1 Qg4 24. Rf2
Be7 25. Re4 Qg5 26. Qd4 Rf8 27. Re5 Rd8 28. Qe4 Qh4 29. Rf4
1-0

Matschego vs Ernst Falkbeer
Vienna 1853
King's Gambit: Accepted. Kieseritsky Gambit Berlin Defense
[Result 0-1]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6
7. Nc4 Be7 8. d4 Nh5 9. Be2 Bxh4+ 10. Kd2 Qg5 11. Kd3 Nc6
12. a3 Bf2 13. Nd5 Bxd4 14. Nxc7+ Kd8 15. Nd5 f5 16. Nxd6
fxe4+ 17. Kc4 Qxd5+ 18. Kxd5 Nf6+ 19. Kc4 Be6+ 20. Kb5 a6+
21. Ka4 b5+ 22. Nxb5 axb5+ 23. Kxb5 Ra5+ 24. Kxc6 Bd5+ 25. Kd6
Ne8# 0-1