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echo40
I just need someone point me at a right direction of any publication regarding king's gambit, white castle queen side.
pinkerton
hamham
jonloop
PeterBrown
It's an unsound opening. Only useful to those who play blitz and want to gain some time advantage. Not much good in normal chess.
rich
I like to castle queen side anyway. But it would be more useful to castle queen side when have done the kings gambit. Obviously because the e pawn and the f pawn are forawrd.
iliosis
It really depends on how well you can play it, my best friend who is a 1800 FIDE loves it (quite obsessed with it actually), and knows many of its variations, if you only know 2 main lines you probably will not be too good against someone who knows how to properly decline the gambit, but if you are comfortable with it, sky is the limit.
sleeper2175
Interesting...I have a really good game going right now with a K's gambit and Q side castle and I was wondering whether there were any discussions on it. I google'd the topic and it turned up this forum! I'll post the game when it is concluded...
As far as the soundness of the opening...perhap's that is true of GM play but I'm a decent player and I was beaten consistently by a fellow on chess.ac using Fischer's defense. I always seemed to make it to end game a tempo or 2 behind... Perhap's I am not as good as I think or my opponent was just that much better...
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