The good ol' queen's gambit

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StrategicusRex

I know a lot of you here say the Queen's Gambit isn't really a gambit.  Well, gambit or not, you can have some really fun games with it.  The following are three games I have recently played in live chess.  They are three of the wildest QG games I have ever played.  The QG and the games that can arise from it are just two reasons why I love 1. d4.

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Here is the first game.  My opponent dropped a lot of material in this game, and I was able to overwhelm him.

 

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Ever had one of those games where you opened up your king position and got into a cool setup and pulled out a win?  Here is a game where exactly that happened.
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Why not top it all off with a game where you outsmart yourself?  Ever had one of those games where you got ahead of yourself and lost the game as a result?  Here is a classic "outsmarted yourself" game.
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And that, fellow gambiteers, concludes this little article on how the Queen's Gambit can lead to wild play and how you can shoot yourself in the head by overlooking a simple threat.  Farewell.
StrategicusRex

I'll take you up on that offer Gambitking.  I think I'm beginning to rival you for the member who posts most often in this group.  =)

StrategicusRex

It just goes to show......a gambit does not have to lead to open positions to be fun!