6.Bc4 seems to do the most.
King's gambit move 6 - what should white play?
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If we play 6. Bc4 then we will surely face 6... d5!!
How do we respond to that?
Deranged wrote:
If we play 6. Bc4 then we will surely face 6... d5!!
How do we respond to that?
7. exd5
Dec 28, 2018
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#5
5. Ne5 is already showing you don't have the guts to play a real King's Gambit. I would have played 5. Bc4 and moved into the Muzio lines.
Dec 28, 2018
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#6
Deranged wrote:
If we play 6. Bc4 then we will surely face 6... d5!!
How do we respond to that?
7.ed5. White now has 1 center pawn, and black has none.
omnipaul wrote:
5. Ne5 is already showing you don't have the guts to play a real King's Gambit. I would have played 5. Bc4 and moved into the Muzio lines.
That's not the Muzio, since white has played h4 not 0-0. It's just a game losing blunder.
Dec 28, 2018
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#8
Scottrf wrote:
omnipaul wrote:
5. Ne5 is already showing you don't have the guts to play a real King's Gambit. I would have played 5. Bc4 and moved into the Muzio lines.
That's not the Muzio, since white has played h4 not 0-0. It's just a game losing blunder.
Ah, right, forgot about h4 since I never play it.
Morphy took Andersson to school in this line: http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1019060
GM Joe Galagher in Winning with the Kings Gambit recomends either 6. Bc4 or 6. d4 ( seemingly second best choice). He advices against 6. Nxg4, when after a very sharp play Black should "at very least" reach equality.
You've just played the king's gambit. Your opponent is defiantly fighting to hold on to the extra pawn. What do you do?
It looks like things could get really messy soon, so choose carefully!