Aggressive Chess Opening Discussion #22: King's Gambit Series: King's Gambit Accepted

Sorry for not posting for a long time. I had done a lot of studying on some certain openings that I personally enjoyed playing. Such as scotch, KIA, Nimzo, 2 Knights, etc. I did some studying on them. That shouldn't really be stopping me from helping people to improve their opening knowledge on the king's gambit! So, last time I checked, my last post started with the Bishop's Gambit.

*About this opening: Bc4 is a tricky developing move. It allows black to uncastle white's king with Qh4+. In return, black might lose time with the queen after white gains some rapid development, with the inevitable Nf3. With white's king in the center and black lacking development, you can be SURE that this will lead to sharp tactical positions. Although, black doesn't have to play Qh4+. A better idea would be to develop the knight to f6. This is somewhat similar to the refuted king's gambit opening, Schallop Defense, except the knight isn't developed, but instead the bishop is develop. 

*White's Plan: 1.The typical King's Gambit idea for white is to gain space in the center and make use of the strong central space. Since white developed the bishop to c4, white will make use of the target on f7 once the knight develops from f3 to e5.

*Black's Plan: 1.Black should continue with Nf6, just keeping pressure on white with that extra pawn advantage. (Black should also consider trying to play d5 soon, but it can't be played since the bishop on c4 and the pawn on e4 control d5. So black should prepare the move with c6.) 2. Black could also expose the white king with Qh4+, but black should be well prepared for what happens with what uncastling white could cause. 3. Black could even play d5 now. With the idea that if white takes the pawn, black can gain time by developing the knight with a tempo on the bishop. 4. Ne7 is a plan, but a bit slower. With the idea of hanging on to the f4 pawn. This opening is a bit inferior to the main ideas, but it's still playable. 5. Nc6... well, I would assume that black wants to develop all of their queen side pieces and castle queenside. Now Qh4+ is actually quite useful in this case, but it still causes black to lose time. Now black won't be able to play c6 to try to attack white's strong center. Which should be one of black's main ideas. Black should be well prepared once white gains control of the center. This opening is inferior to the main ideas. 6. d6 is also a plan and the engine agrees with this move, but it allows both players equality. The idea being black wants to counter white's strong bishop on c4 and continue developing the queen side pieces, but this loses the pawn black had won after Qf3. So, again black should be well prepared with what happens after Qf3. 7. f5 is an absurd idea. It revolves around the fact that the bishop is on c4. Being that after exf5, Black has Qh4+. After Kh1, then comes f3, attacking white's bishop. This whole thing is refuted because of the move d4. Although, white is completely exposed, white has regained their pawn and black continues to waste time with queen. There are many traps in this position, but I will go over those on another post in the future. 8. c6 is also an idea. Trying to attack white's center immediately with d5 next. This is actually not a bad idea for black. This move isn't commonly played amongst masters that often, but it is a considerable idea. 9. g5 is inferior. It's the idea that black is expecting white to play d4. So g5 is played to avoid losing time protecting the f4 pawn. However this move meets with h4. Now black has a lot of problems in this position. This will be part of a sideline post for the bishop's gambit.  10. The tricky b5. With the idea of dislodging from the pressure on the f7 pawn. Also the intention of developing the bishop to b7. This is a tricky opening that I'll cover later on. 

*Opening History: This opening dates back to the earliest recording of a game played in 1590. https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/master/15747147 Lasting only 11 moves. Since a game like was very short, I'll post another game that was recorded in 1790. https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/master/15757713 Now I don't know the history behind any of these games, but if a chess historian would like to share me info about them, I'd be happy to read.

*My personal opinion about this opening: This is a very sharp opening to play from white. I would definitely like to play Qh4+ here with enough prep. This is probably making me consider playing this opening eventually. When I have enough opening knowledge and theory upon it, then I'll probably consider playing this opening eventually. It is definitely playable, but it could only be playable for people who have high tactical knowledge.

On my next post, I will first cover black's most popular move 3...Nf6. Opening Name: King's Gambit Accepted, Bishop's Gambit, Cozio Defense. 

Cool. I didn’t read this lol

I’ll read it later