And Hemingway.
Is the KG Dead?
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An opening I'd never play, but that I fear. Typical!
Well, I quite get it when I'm checkmated!
Mar 14, 2021
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#27
Interesting to see Nigel Short playing it given this tongue in cheek quote he gave years ago... "The main advantage of the King's Gambit is there are so many refutations that black can't play them all at once and he's got this problem he has to decide which one to go for and then he loses on time."
Mar 14, 2021
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#28
I like to play the bishop's opening. When my opponents play 2...Nc6 I like to transpose to the king's gambit (or Vienna game if declined). I like 3.f4! since Nc6 is a strange move in the king's gambit. Especially if black does not play 4...Qh4+ and allow me to transpose into the normal variation with Nf3 instead of the bishop's gambit. This move order I would recommend for other players!
Mar 14, 2021
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#30
batgirl wrote:
Once again Nigel comes up Short.
Zing. I'll just add one fact for no reason...an anagram of Nigel David Short is 'The sad old virgin'. Surprising that he uses the handle 'honestgirl' instead and doesn't include his middle name in the anagram fun.
And with Rustam Kamsky you can make "I'll kill you".
It is dead for the strongest players.
Mar 15, 2021
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#36
The Center Game gambit is probably stronger than the King's Gambit, I'd say.
Short - Bacrot
It hard to believe Bacrot made Short play to the end unless there was severe time trouble.
Considering it was played on Playchess I would imagine that this was blitz (3 minutes or something like that). Just guessing though...