How do i deal with the king's gambit?

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lollolbuddha

I always lose to it Embarassed

finalunpurez

play the sicillian, french, pirc or alekine defense (kidding) :P

chcri

Show a match loosing against the KG please, i want to use it, but i loose every time,,,i don't know how to follow.

finalunpurez

It simply isnt possible :)

SuperCourgette

I am a King's Gambit player and I don't know what I should tell you, not because I am afraid that you might play it against me but because there are so many good defences for black.

Just choose one defence, study it and stick to it. It might take some time but you'll improve.

Examples of good defences:

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf 3.Nf3 d6 (Fischer Defence)

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 (That must be the Kieseritzky)

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf 3.Nf3 d5 (the modern defence)

1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd e4 (Falkbeer counter-gambit)

1.e4 e5 2.f4 Bc5!? (KG declined, classical defence)

And I could continue to list good lines for a while. It doesn't mean that you will have a winning position but all those variations are ok.

lollolbuddha

Thta would do zuchinmann