KGA

Why would anybody sac a pawn to expose their king?????

Are there ANY benefits to this opening for white?

Isn't it an almost GUARANTEED LOSS???????

p.s. for those who do not understand the terminology, kga is king's gambit accepted

The idea behind the king's gambit, is to remove black's e pawn so white can play d4, giving white control of the center and a lead in development. And I haven't lost when I play the king's gambit.  

Seriously?  The King's Gambit is a perfectly sound opening, and much better than its reputation.  Look at the Game Explorer: 2.f4 scores 46.8% for white, 18.7% draw, 34.5% for black.  Despite high-profile claims to the contrary, it's one of white's best replies to e5, not at all a "guaranteed loss".

I agree with Spiffe and BorgQueen. It is an extremely practical opening. Not hard to get into after 1...e5. It suits those who like an open game and who like to point their pieces at the black king! I would also add that for us "lesser mortals" (non GMs and IMs) our defensive techniques tend to lag behind our offensive capabilities in general.    

I have a total collection of 27 KGA games notated as black- total score 25.5/27.  I just don't see what's in it for white after g5 and bg7.  I love playing against it, but can someone show me an example of something for it?

I like playing this line as white

I do not know much about the KGA, but I do know that it is complicated. In Play 1 e4 e5!, Nigel Davies recommends to just decline it with Bc5.

why decline to a free win?

How is 4...g4 a blunder and what would you play instead

my bad I was thinking of a different line- g4 is good.  My fault there- time to delete the other comment on g4.