sloughter wrote on 01/16/13 at 00:56:45:


Black equalizes quickly in almost all lines of the King's Gambit. Not sure about this one though.

To op should be considerning to buy Houdini 3 and blunder check and look for better moves from whites point of view

sloughter you are the Humboldt of chess

In your example, white has not played as any human master would play the King's Gambit. The opening is a gambit, not an attempt to grab a pawn and hang on to it. White should play for quick development. Here's an example:

1. e4 e5 2. f4 f5 $6 3. exf5 Qh4+ (3... Qf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. d3 Bd6) 4. g3 Qf6 {On
the face of this, Black is in a bad way. He's down a pawn, his Q is on a bad
square, and White has easy development.     White is playing a gambit. He
should continue in gambit style and develop his pieces rather than worry about
the pawn count.} 5. Nc3 $1 {This is only an example of how White may play the
game. This is hardly a definitive best line. But I believe it gives white a
clear edge.} (5. Qh5+ $6 Kd8 6. Qg5 $2 exf4 7. Qxf4 d5 8. Nc3 c6 9. d3 $2 Bd6
10. Qf2 Qxf5) 5... exf4 6. Qe2+ Kd8 7. d4 Bb4 8. Bxf4 Qxf5 9. O-O-O Bxc3 10.
bxc3 Nf6 11. Nf3 Re8 12. Ne5 Re7 (12... d6 $2 13. Nf7+ Kd7 14. Qc4) 13. Qd2 $1
(13. Qc4 d6 14. Bg2 Qe6 (14... dxe5 15. dxe5+ $18) 15. Qxe6 Rxe6 16. Nf7+ Ke8
17. Ng5 Re7 18. Rde1 Nc6 19. Ne4 Nxe4 20. Bxe4 h6 {And white has a clear
long-term advantage due to his Bishop pair and better development.}) 13... Qh5
14. g4 Qe8 $18 {One look at this position shows the poverty of Black's play.
Houdini only gives this a 1.01 advantage after 20 ply (I didn't waste any more
computer time on the position), but I think most humans would agree that white
is close to winning.} (14... Nxg4 15. Be2) *