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[C30-C39] (Moderators: trw, Smyslov_Fan, Jupp53)
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C30-C39: Death of King's Gambit
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 « Pages 1 2 ... 14 15 16 all » |
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11/04/25 at 11:34:01By: RoleyPoley |
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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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10/17/22 at 12:46:32By: DLBDLBDLBDLB |
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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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12/13/20 at 17:43:05By: an ordinary chessplayer |
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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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01/15/20 at 18:04:19By: 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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12/02/17 at 03:57:05By: Glenn Snow |
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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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11/09/15 at 00:01:57By: flaviddude |
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King's gambit game number 1
Attached is a correspondence game that I played in this year's Australian Correspondence Chess Championship. My opponent is an ICCF Lady Grand Master.
Started 11/08/15 at 23:30:13 by flaviddude |
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11/08/15 at 23:30:13By: flaviddude |
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C30-C39: Ginger GM on the King´s Gambit
GM Simon Williams now works for Chessbase and has produced a two-part DVD about the King´s Gambit.
Seemingly Chessbase has learned something since in their shop one can see which variations are c... Started 05/30/14 at 18:14:52 by Fllg |
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06/21/14 at 20:20:39By: TopNotch |
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Not so favourable in the Vienna / KG Declined
Hi,
I would like to start a discussion about a variation of the King’s Gambit Declined. I reach the following position with White via the Vienna Game: 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 Bc5 4.Nf3 (Thomas Johan... Started 07/24/13 at 18:12:23 by Lanark |
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07/26/13 at 14:56:49By: RdC |
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C33: Rajlich: Busting the King's Gambit...
Surprising conclusions:
http://chessbase.com/newsdetail.asp?newsid=8047 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Be2! The only move that leads to a draw. 3.Bc4 Nf6! and White loses. 3.Nf3 is indeed wi... Started 04/02/12 at 11:29:13 by gewgaw |
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04/02/12 at 12:18:18By: Zwischenzugzwang |
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C33: My Kings Gambit Game in AICCF
I have played few Kings Gambit Games in AICCF and in LSS Schach Server.
You can see the AICCF Game I played in my blog here - www.masterom.blogspot.com And LSS Games below. [pgn][Event "RC-201...|/pgn] [pgn][Event "RD-2011-0-00051"] [Site "Lechenicher SchachServer"] [Date "2011.04.18"] [Round "-"] [White "Prakash, Om"] [Black "Taroma Corpus, Roger"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteElo "1740"] [BlackElo "1522"] [EventDate "2011.02.07"] 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 Nf6 5. Nf3 Qh6 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. e5 Bxc3 8. dxc3 Ng4 9. Qd4 Ne3+ 10. Bxe Started 02/01/12 at 07:24:44 by Master Om |
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02/01/12 at 07:24:43By: Master Om |
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C34: KG - Modern Defence 13.Qe1!?
This originated in the Play the Petroff thread, but there's no reason to clog that thread up with KG analysis, so I've copied the main story over here.
Quote: I don't have the book you refer to... on 10/11/10 at 00:26:02: [quote]If you review it on your blog (what is your blog?), and find any errors, please feel free to let me know. You can read it here: http://borgchess.blogspot.com/2010/10/kg-newish-idea-in-modern-defence.html You only missed one major thing, Bxe4! instead of Qxg6, and of course you should get a good corr-database for reference, it will save you a lot of work! Anyway, thanks again for posting your analysis of 13 Started 10/11/10 at 17:13:31 by TalJechin |
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11/07/10 at 09:51:23By: micawber |
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King's gambit
what if 1) e4 e5 2) f4 exf4 3) Nf3 g5 4)h4 and then instead of ...4) g4 black plays: h6? f6? or even gxh4?
Started 02/27/10 at 17:52:09 by Mialas |
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03/01/10 at 21:36:16By: MNb |
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King's Gambit theory concern:
So I've been reading Mihail Marin's Beating the Open Games, with special interest in his treatment of the King's Gambit section. The deepest main line he gives a serious look at involves White's 10. Q...
Started 11/26/09 at 15:35:04 by FirebrandX |
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11/29/09 at 20:55:46By: FirebrandX |
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Request for update on Bishop's Gambit
Can I request an update on the Bishop's Gambit? After reading analysis on the forum I was interested in using it as a secondary responce to e5 but was disappointed to see that the ebook coverage was r...
Started 03/05/08 at 05:19:05 by bob000 |
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03/05/08 at 15:13:19By: MNb |
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KGA - Bishop's Gambit - Mucklow Attack
I have discovered an interesting variation about Bishop's Gambit in the King gambit accepted. I submit this idea 6.e5 after the classical opening 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4 4. Kf1 g5 5. Nc3 Bg7...
Started 02/29/08 at 13:46:35 by breizatao |
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03/02/08 at 16:11:50By: breizatao |
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Starting out with the King's Gambit
Hello everyone,
Sifting thru the threads I’ve noticed there seems to be quite a bit of interest in the King’s gambit. It also appears that many of you have played this for a while and even teach ... Started 02/22/07 at 12:39:14 by halfacreek |
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05/06/07 at 12:38:12By: TalJechin |
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C37: King's Gambit line
Played the black side of a king's gambit last night. The opening moves went: 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. d4. I played 4. ...Bg7, followed by d6, h6, Nc6, planning to castle long eventually. I thi...
Started 02/01/07 at 18:42:24 by kevinludwig |
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02/02/07 at 20:15:27By: MNb |
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Humiliating The King's Gambit
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I read in GM Neil Mcdonald's book Concise Chess Openings 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 d5 4.exd5 Nf6 5.Bc4 (5.Bb5+ c6 6.dxc6 Nxc6 7.d4 Bd6 8.Qe2+ Be6 9.Ng5 0-0!) 5...Nxd5 6.Bxd5 Qxd5 7.0-0 B... Started 07/10/03 at 09:23:46 by Ilikethedragon |
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07/26/03 at 07:03:02By: Ilikethedragon |
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Kieseritsky with 7. Nf2
Had a fun game (as black) at the club this week that went:
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 d6 6. Nxg4 Nf6 7. Nf2 Nc6 (is the move order really important here, for example should I b... Started 03/02/07 at 23:37:38 by kevinludwig « Pages 1 2 all » |
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04/15/08 at 16:53:06By: micawber |
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