basic opening question

 If lets say you like the Kings gambit, and its what you mostly know from the white side. yet the person you are playing plays c5. Do you still go ahead with the basic knowledge you have of the Kings gambit and play f4 and go from there?

  OR should you learn a responce to c5 like the closed sicilian?

I guess what I am asking is it ok when starting out to only learn one white opening and no matter what Black throws at you. You use the knowledge you have to play from the opening you know?  OR is that completely wrong? hehe.

Should you lightly study all openings? OR do most of you just study the ones that you play the most from either side and not worry to much about the rest?

Its a part of the game I havent studied much and am wanting to dive into it more. Just seems if my enemy of the board keeps playing moves that are not in what i know, then whats the point of studying an opening i like?

I mean with the Kings Gambit it seems most ppl play c5 agianst me. So I almost never actually play the Kings Gambit, even tho thats what I have studied of late.

You should learn a response to 1.....c5

     If you are new to the game it is better to learn many types of positions and new concepts instead of hiding behind the 1 opening you know.

I would learn a response.

You picked a pretty dangerous opening to specialize in It's pretty hard to "transpose" into something "closed" after 1. e4 c5 2. f4... So like the above comments, you'll have to figure out a reply to c5. But because the "Spanish opening" is so common, there is no real need to get rid of 1. e4, as you will have plenty of opportunity to play your favorite gambit still.

Tonydal, I would be the last one to play the KG, but if that's what he wants to play what's wrong with it? If he's willing to put in the time to learn the KG he could get pretty dangerous attacking games, that's fine. Nf3 and Bc4 are easier to play perhaps, but it's not like the KG is hard to understand, it's just really sharp, and an improving player can't get enough of attacking/sharp positions for improving and/or fun. When I see amateur KG games, it always seems that black has no idea what he's doing and white tends to get back the pawn in those games with two pawns in the center, f file, and better development.

Well strategically at amateur level I don't think it's that hard to understand. You want to take control of the center and open up lines like the f file, and then go for the attack. Of course there are subtleties to that, but for the most part that's what you want to do. The only other problem for the amateur is knowing that it might be necesary for the king to move (and so not fear the queen check too much) for his own attack to work. For black, it's much harder to understand. I think the main tough part of the KG is the insane sharpness and theory but since black has to be more careful and the average person is unaware of alot of theory or understanding with black, that shouldn't be too bad.

King's Gambit is the wrong opening to start with - it is not a beginner's opening (though given at the beginning of several opening books).

If you want to study the least, try Caro-Kann+Slav defence as black (you can use it against practically everything white can throw at you), and as white learn the  Guico Piano+Two Knight's defence+Four Knight's Game+Scandinavian+French Defense Tarasch variation+Caro-Kann+Alekhin defence modern variation. Another idea is the Ponziani Opening+Sicilian Alapin variation formations

If you're comfortable with the KG, it's time to branch out. If you'd rather master the gambit before moving on to something else, you should stick to thematic games. You're going to need a response to both the Sicilian and the French.

If you want to study the least you could play the King's Gambit when black responds 1...e5, and play a "system" such as the King's Indian Attack (KIA) if black responds with anything else.  

Not exactly, but at lower levels I think it's easy to understand: You want a big center and stuff for an attack plus it's often hard to play against. I mean beginners want to build up their tactics as much as they can anyway. It's not super straightforward to play but you can get the hang of it if you practice it and improve your tactics. But if one is going to play the KG, it's necessary to study some theory on it.

The times I've faced the KG when I wanted to try the petroff I always found myself in a crazy position which I was losing pretty badly. But thats probably because I never bothered learning how to play against the KG since I usually play the french.