Should I choose King's gambit as my main opening as white?

Gambits are instructive..... and fun.

lol amplebee challenged me to a king's gambit game to prove his point, but the problem is i know nothing about the king's gambit

challenge me to a game you white, me black and ill accept your kings gammit , after i play G-5, your forced H3 moves helps me develop faster, and ill win... send the kings gammit challenge and ill accept it. you white me black..... daily games . They wont challenge me with it,, cause they know ill win..... Im playing the Nizmo with Cherub right now cause im not afraid to win!!!

Good stuff please both post the game here with your annotations when complete.

challenged you.

Hope you don't mind if I post it in this forum if I win.

You are welcome to post it if you win.

I know a lot about this opening. I played and studied it for quite a while.

I challenged him, don't worry about it.

Logozar oozing confidence.

If you're going to keep playing 1 minute games, I think the King's Gambit will work for you at any rating because it tends to open up the game and reach a conclusion in a short number of moves. You're going to have to know all the variations, because it can backfire.

Personally, I've never had much luck getting in a Pawn to f4 before move 5 so I often play openings that try to do so like the Vienna Game or the Bishop's Opening.

I play king's gambit in live chess, 10 or 5 minutes or less, because we must play quickly and aggresive, but to use it in 15 minutes or longer or daily matches, I still don't dare, cause the matches give a lot of time to think, remember with king gambit you move f2-f4 and your king become (a little bit) vurnerable.

 I think if you play blitz or bullet the King's gambit is okay....but if black has sufficient time to think, like in a rapid or daily game....you will likely lose as white more often than not...personally I like to play against it as black because I have a winning record against it....given about equally rated players of course.

https://www.chess.com/news/malakhov--ivanchuk-winners-at-petrov-memorial-4655

"Against GM Sergey Karjakin, Ivanchuk played the romantic King's Gambit. Throughout his career the Ukrainain genius has been quite successful winning against that opening from the black side, but that didn't stop him from using it to beat his former compatriot"

Still a playable opening, no matter what you say.

 

But I guess other GMs like Karjakin just don't know the refutation you know /sarcasm

gotta love that truthful sarcasm

There is no refutation to the kings gambit.

There are multiple ways black can equalize and *maybe* get a slight objective advantage, but it is a very practical opening for white to play.

As I've said before, I analyzed the Slow Chess League database and found gambits provide some of the highest results for White -- particularly the King's Gambit.

There are good reasons IMs and GMs don't play gambits much anymore. But it's still the Wild West for class players. If you've got the belly and the brain for a tactical game, gambits aren't a bad way to go.

I had a friend who rode the King's Gambit all the way to 2200. One of his best games was dismantling a 2400 player with some homebrew analysis in the Sicilian Wing Gambit. Epic.

Of course, for those who believe they are building their GM opening system when they are only 1400 players, maybe it's a waste of time to study gambits. However, unless you are a budding Karpov or Petrosian from Day One, there is something to be said for sac'ing a pawn and learning to attack or lose. It focuses the mind admirably.

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im gonna give you a lesson on this,,, i will teach you how why this terribly prearranged opening. is a win for black.... ill teach you all theroy and prearrangment in this terrible opening for white. the kings gammit is the reason bobby fischer stopped enjoying chess. what im gonna teach you is dangerous knowledge, and youll never loose kings gammit as black ever again, with what im gonna teach you .... Im also going to recommend a program for you that'll help you completely memorize every possible move and winning line for black....... You might not like chess anymore once you learn the cold hard truth about this terribly prearranged opening for white ...... But you are close to being a titled player, and you should definatly get your title!!

the wing gammit has many variations,, im having a difficult time believing white wins 2000- 2800 levelgames with kings gammit... im not posting anything when i win,, cause my advantage and knowledge of this opening is almost extraterresetrial. ill definatly teach you how to beat a titled player as black..!! im gonna teach you dangerous knowledge....

blabla from a patzer who thinks he knows everything spelling bad what he is talking about...

your an IM ,, and for you to say chess isnt prearranged is a sheer lie... you know its all prearranged and memorized!! i memorized! and know every prearranged line for black...... you cant sit here and lie and say chess isnt prearranged! Cause it is , and once you memorize every possible move.... you cant loose

Well considering that most humans, possibly 100% of them, don't have the capability of becoming human chess computers that memorize every possible position on the board, I think its safe to say that understanding of positions is more important than memorizing them. if you memorize a line and your opponent plays a sideline and you don't understand a thing about chess, you're done.