Lessons of the King's Gambit

Dear ladies and gents,

    Let's delve ourselves with a game by Gallagher vs Kuzmin at Biel 1995, where Gallagher lost the game!  The opening is C34 where the order is like this:

1. e4 e5  2. f4 exf4  3. Nf3 d6 (Fischer's Defence) continuing with 4. Bc4 h6 where Black's consolidating a solid pawn structure on the King side.

5. d3 Gallagher should play h4 instead, not to allow Kuzmin to play g5; otherwise, the h-file would be open and Black lost its rook  5... g5!

The lesson is White should try to make Black's king-side pawns be disjointed and have a mobile pawn in the center, it is the ideal situation of the King's Gambit endgame.

Love,
amntony

You know you should really insert the game if you want to discuss a game.  Just a suggestion.  (and not just write the opening).  Or I'm not sure if you left it off by accident

Dear politicalmusic,

    Very kind of you to insert the game for me  It's of tremendous help of you.  Thanks again!

Love,
amntony

No problem

Dear ladies and gents,

    Mr. Neil McDonald asked in his book "The King's Gambit, A Modern View of a Swashbuckling Opening" :  "Why wasn't the strength of 3... d6 [Fischer's Defence] appreciated in the heyday of the King's Gambit by Anderssen, Morphy and others?"

    Well, Mr. Anderssen prefers tactical play, especially along the main diagonal of the chess board, so playing as Black, he wouldn't like to push the g-pawn and let White uses the main diagonal on him.

     And for Morphy, as for many American players also, likes to hit the pawns early on at the base-line.  So, for Black's playing 3... d6, would create a potential weakness at c7!  Because it takes time for a rook to get to b7 and it takes forever for the Black bishop to guard the c7-pawn.

Love,
amntony