When I did play 1...e5, I had excellent results with both 2...exf4 3.Nf3 d5 4.exd5 Bd6 and 2...Bc5.
Today, the hype seems to be 2...exf4 and 3...Nf6 and 4...Nh5.
The KG sux! Black has everything he could possibly want!
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Feb 14, 2021
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at the top level, 2.exf4 3. nf3 ne7?! has been used to pretty good effect. Most KG players only know the g5 lines, so try something different. Some interesting lines are 3. h6 planning g5, 3. be7 planning bh4+, 3.nc6, where white's best chance is 4. d4 g5 5. d5 g4 where is equal. elsewise black gets a strong advantage after 3. nc6
No it's not "the only really good move", there are literally dozens of good ways to play against the king's gambit. More than any other opening. The trouble as Short said is that black can only play one of them at a time.
The King's Gambit is still a powerful and dangerous opening, for Class players at least, backed up by results, and anyone who says otherwise has no clue what they're talking about.
I take Nimzowitsch's advice and decline the gambit with 2. ..Nf6, then if 3. fxe5 Nxe4 and black is ahead (4. d3? Qh4+! 5. g3 Nxg3, etc.).
Accepting the gambit is usually OK, except when white plays the Breyer Variation (1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Qf3), which I have yet to find a good continuation for. The engine recommendation of 3. ..Qh4+ is definitively bad (I tested it as white against Stockfish at depth 20 and still came out ahead the exchange), there is simply an avalanche of tactics for white which cripples black's development. Very few people play the Breyer, but if they do, don't try to hold the gambit pawn, just continue your development.
Feb 14, 2021
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Thanks for your responses guys, Im trying to play KG as white and I want to know what other people think are the best responses and learn them
I don't see a problem with playing KG as white, because I never saw refutation by black.
I've tried using the modern defense, other stuff like that but is g5 the only really good move for black after the King's Gambit?