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3...d5 is the main reason why the King's Gambit is out of fashion.
It's called the Modern Defense.
LightninHopkins wrote:
3...d5 is the main reason why the King's Gambit is out of fashion.
It's called the Modern Defense.
Very interesting I did not know that. I always used the Fischer Defence
X_PLAYER_J_X wrote:
LightninHopkins wrote:
3...d5 is the main reason why the King's Gambit is out of fashion.
It's called the Modern Defense.
Very interesting I did not know that. I always used the Fischer Defence
The Fischer Defense is also good, but if you want to completely take the sting out of the KG, you should play the Modern Defense.
I could be wrong, but I think the most common move is actually 5. Bc4, not 5. c4, and if the knight takes on d5, white can just castle, and he has some counterplay.
Here is a game by Magnus Carlsen:
Very nice indeed.
And that's why I like 90/30 games, so I don't miss mates like that lol. You got lucky on that one. Kinda surprised an 1800 would miss that unless they were short on time by that point.
ewq85 wrote:
And that's why I like 90/30 games, so I don't miss mates like that lol. You got lucky on that one. Kinda surprised an 1800 would miss that unless they were short on time by that point.
LOL I honestly didn't see it either the strange thing was we both had quite a bit of time left it was like a 10 min game and I would say we both had about 6-7 mins left.
He did do the Queen check I guess it came 1 move to late. Engines sometimes spot things lol human's miss. Well I suppose thats the good thing about going over games lol.
X_PLAYER_J_X wrote:
ewq85 wrote:
And that's why I like 90/30 games, so I don't miss mates like that lol. You got lucky on that one. Kinda surprised an 1800 would miss that unless they were short on time by that point.
LOL I honestly didn't see it either the strange thing was we both had quite a bit of time left it was like a 10 min game and I would say we both had about 6-7 mins left.
He did do the Queen check I guess it came 1 move to late. Engines sometimes spot things lol human's miss. Well I suppose thats the good thing about going over games lol.
Yeah it is a tricky mate that's for sure. The TT has a few of these queen sacrificing smothered mates that's how I know to look for it lol. I am eager to see how you do with the k gambit though. Its always intrigued me but the higher rated I got the harder it was to have a good game with it so I gave it up. Basically when people started playing d5 like in your game I started losing more lol.
LightninHopkins wrote:
X_PLAYER_J_X wrote:
LightninHopkins wrote:
3...d5 is the main reason why the King's Gambit is out of fashion.
It's called the Modern Defense.
Very interesting I did not know that. I always used the Fischer Defence
The Fischer Defense is also good, but if you want to completely take the sting out of the KG, you should play the Modern Defense.
I could be wrong, but I think the most common move is actually 5. Bc4, not 5. c4, and if the knight takes on d5, white can just castle, and he has some counterplay.
Here is a game by Magnus Carlsen:
Her problems started with 3...exf4?! although 7.Bxd5 giving up the bishop pair in an open position for a slight tempo was interesting.
<Her problems started with 3...exf4?! although 7.Bxd5 giving up the bishop pair in an open position for a slight tempo was interesting.>
But none of those moves are novelties, and 3...exf4 isn't dubious.
It's the move recommended by John Shaw in his latest book on the King's Gambit.
It was really a slugfest. Carlsen just happened to be the better endgame and middle game player.
Reti and Lipnitsky recommend 3...e4! as best. That was a good game, but Carlsen really took advantage of the problems inherent in 3...exf4. I actually studied this game before:
http://www.chess.com/forum/view/endgames/analysis-of-a-carlson-endgame
Nevermind the misspelling (Word red underlines it and "corrects" it to Carlson.)
It was an amazing exercise in not always trusting computer evaluations during analysis and rook against bishop technique can never, ever be refined enough (even computers have trouble from what I've seen personally.)
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Kings Gambit begins with 1.e4 e5 2.f4
*Side note all my games range from 10-0 time control Blitz or 15-10 time control standard unless other wise noted on the game itself*