King's Gambit

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A gambit is gambling the position

I get good tactical and attacking position that I like but with the disadvantage of ruining the king safety

It's like giving away defence for stong attack

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@19

Of course Alekhine was right: objectively and theoretically 3 Be2 is bad. Also Fischer and Kramnik are right: objectively and theoretically 2 f4 is bad. I would not even think of playing it in a correspondence game. However, subjectively and practically 3 Be2 and also 2 f4 may yield good results. It forces the opponent to start thinking as early as move 3 with the clock ticking.

@18

"why Tartakower chose to play that move"
++ He had prepared it as a surprise. He scored 2.5 / 4 with it. It is doubtful if he had scored 2.5/4 against the same opponents playing some main line Ruy Lopez.
https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1076244

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https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1076242

Even Fischer played the King's Gambit. Of course not with 3 Nf3, of which he had published the refutation, but rather 3 Bc4. He won, but only after some uneasy moments.

https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1044179

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Nice blogs

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If black knows how to destroy King's Gambit then playing it is a biggest blunder.

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ADITYASHINDE247 wrote:

If black knows how to destroy King's Gambit then playing it is a biggest blunder.

You could say that about any opening.