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C30-C39: Death of King's Gambit
Sad Having played the King's Gambit for 25+ years, I am afraid I am switching to 1.d4, and, if I still play 1.e4, it will have to be a Spanish, even though the enormous amount of theory is staggering....

Started 04/29/03 at 18:12:52 by Fernando Semprun
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KG - The Schlemmer Countergambit / 3...d5
I want to play the Schlemmer (more generally 1.e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d5) against the KG and found this nice resource:
http://hem.passagen.se/tjmisha/theschlemmercounterg.html
Does anyone have exp...

Started 12/10/09 at 09:29:14 by Meat
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By: juergenwolf
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Philidor Gambit in the KGA
Over the past summer, I spent some time looking at 4...Bg7 variation in the 4.Bc4 KGA Classical, and wondered if there were any alternatives to the "normal" Hanstein Gambit with c3 and a later Qa4-b3 ...

Started 10/17/22 at 11:13:49 by DLBDLBDLBDLB
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Computer move 4. h4 d5!?
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 and Stockfish seems to consider 4...d5 on a par with 4...g4. My opening books mention 4th move alternatives such as Be7 and f6 and Nf6 but nothing on d5. Has this b...

Started 12/17/21 at 11:25:03 by bof
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C34: King's Gambit: Wagenbach Defence
1 e4 e5 2 f4 exf4 3 Nf3 h5!?
has anyone found a refutation yet? Smiley

Started 06/29/10 at 20:16:01 by Jonathan Tait
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The King's Gambit in 2016
I came across this very recent game at the US Federation website:
[Event "52nd American Open"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.11.29"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Gareyev, T."]
[Black "Kh...

Started 12/15/16 at 02:13:07 by Paddy
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By: Keano
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The Schallop Defence
Various 1 e4 e5 repertoire sources in the last couple of years have been recommending the so-called Schallopp Defence against the King's Knight's gambit: 1 e4 e5 2 f4 exf4 3 Nf3 Nf6 4 e5 Nh5. This was...

Started 05/10/20 at 16:58:46 by Paddy
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By: an ordinary chessplayer
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A Book on the Muzio Gambit
I remember buying a book about the Muzio Gambit, around 2004 (but I am not sure about the year). It was some sort of a “labour of love” by the author, who analyzed it for an entire life and then publi...

Started 12/11/20 at 21:35:30 by grandpatzer
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King's Gambit unamed variation
If you happen to be watching chess played at the 1600 level and you see a Kings Gambit punted, more often than not Black will just defend with 2. .. d6 . If 3. Nf3, Black's idea could be to transpose ...

Started 01/15/20 at 09:13:59 by RdC
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KG: Modern Defence
While looking at various tries for White against the Modern my computer (Stockfish) came up with an idea I haven't seen before.  It's only equal but still interesting.
1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 e... (Shaw

Started 11/19/17 at 09:35:41 by Glenn Snow
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Simon Williams discovery against John Shaw's Nc6?
John Shaw's book on the King's Gambit loudly claimed the refutation of the Bc4 variation by trotting out the Nc6 line in a whole chapter on it. However after looking through the Vol 1 DVD of Simon Wil...

Started 06/29/17 at 12:09:38 by HagenWatch1
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By: Keano
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C37: King's Gambit Accepted: Muzio Gambit
I am intending to launch a topic for fresh analyses only about Muzio Gambit(1.e4-e5 2.f4-ef 3.Nf3-g5 4.Bc4). I really like this romantic variation, and whenever i get opportunity, i play it with pleas...

Started 10/27/11 at 21:35:41 by Ferit Tuncer
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By: Jonathan Tait
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Adelaide Counter Gambit
There have been very few recent game in this, which is also attributed to Australian IM Alex Wohl, the late Tony Miles and Wahls of Germany.

I don't think there's a di...

Started 05/02/16 at 23:02:13 by RdC
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C30-C39: ChessPub King's Gambit Analysis Summary
So last summer, I thought it'd be great to consolidate and summarize a lot of the homegrown KG analysis that can be found around these parts - ChessPub truly is a great resource for the KG even if no ...

Started 07/26/08 at 22:31:48 by blueguitar322
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King's gambit game number 2
Another game from the 2015 Australian Correspondence Chess championship.

Started 11/09/15 at 00:01:57 by flaviddude
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Curious novelty never played before. Any info?
I've been fiddling around with the Falkbeer Counter Gambit lately (from the black side), preparing for an upcoming tournament. As I found a variation for white that I wasn't happy playing against, I d...

Started 07/05/15 at 01:49:45 by cramie10
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King's Gambit playable CB eBook
I've completely redone the King's Gambit playable CB eBook, and I've added a key and all Micawber's Forum material.

Started 01/22/15 at 13:57:27 by GMTonyKosten
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C30: KGD (split from Petrov thread)
Pale Horse, Pale Rider wrote on 01/13/14 at 19:43:28:
I wonder if black has no impovements up to this point in the KGD.

Yes, 2...d5 3.Nf3 exf4.
Pale Horse, Pale Rider wrote on 01/13/14 at 19:43:28:
The computer seems to love 11...Nd7 here, with the possiblity of retaken with the d7 knight in c...

This g

Started 01/13/14 at 21:45:24 by MNb
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Pierce Gambit
Any thoughts on the Pierce Gambit? It arises from 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Nc3 g5 5. d4 and from the Vienna move order
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. f4 exf4 4. Nf3 g5 5. d4
I assume the be...

Started 09/11/14 at 12:49:25 by RdC
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C30: 1. e4 e5 2. f4 Qf6!? Nordwalder Variation
I was discussing this variation on chess.com, and one of the members, Panayotis Frendzas, was saying that Stefan Buecker had wrote a book on 1. e4 e5 2. f4 Qf6!?, calling it the Norwalder Variation.  ...

Started 12/27/11 at 03:56:49 by BirdBrain
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