Fried Liver Attack.

Today I played at the internal competition of chessclub Het Kasteel in Wijchen. I love to play sharp games and like to play Gambits. I know this is not a good opening, but at my level (below 1600) gambits can work. The Fried Liver can work as well. And it worked.... Fritz analyzed this game as well, but why should I play dxe5? (I am white)

What do you mean it's not a good opening?

For white it's great when black plays 5...Nxd5, you didn't play the best response (6.d4) Nxf7 is good but gives black a draw with correct play .

And even if your opponent dosen't play 5...Nxd5 you can get good positions as white.

Philosophically I am opposed to openings which cap your growth. This includes all trick gambits such as the Fried Liver.

I think it would be really cool to become an expert on the King's Gambit though. While there is a lot of theory, most people don't spend time on it (compare with the Sicilian where both white and black spend lots of time studying).

Did Spassky ever lose a game with white in the kings gambit ? 

i think he did

I found exactly one KG game that Spassky lost as white on chessgames.com.

Also, did you mean to post that question in one of the KG threads?

That spassky game was a simul so it dosen't count, Spassky has never lost a King's gambit in tournament conditions with regular time controls, he might have lost some blitz and rapids though I don't know.