King's Gambit Miniature! 16.Qxf7#
A classic example of why the King's gambit was a much loved opening in the Romantic Era of chess. Dynamite on board!
Why king's gambit fans always show crushing victories from white side?
Here black played so bad that this game is irrelevant.
I can also insert game from black side :
I think it was a 3 0 game, but not sure, maybe could be a bullet 1 0 too.
White's mistake was dxc6 which gave tremendous pressure for black.
That's one great thing about this gambit, both white and black can get very interesting and creative wins.
@ IM poucin - very nice Falkbeer Countergambit miniature, thanks for posting.
videos@ IM pfren - Thanks for the post. It got me thinking! What would you have played on move four?
I've been watching videos by GM Simon Williams on the King's Gambit, and after 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5, he recommends 4.Nc3, getting the idea from GM Karsten Mueller.
When Black played 3...Qe7, it looked wrong, blocking Black's dark squared bishop. To defend e4, the computer gives three possibilities - d3, Nc3 and Qe2, with d3 and Nc3 best and Qe2 slightly inaccurate.
The computer shows 3...Qe7 as bad, but after 4.Nc3, Black has 4...d5. I don't know. Both 4.d3 and 4.Qe2 block White's light squared bishop, so I didn't play those moves.
In the King's Gambit after 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nc3 g5, the move recommended by GM Simon Williams, 4.Nc3, appears to be a sideline, with only 9 games found in Game Explorer. The moves 4.h4 and 4.Bc4 are the most popular. However, in this investigation, thanks to IM pfren's post, I have discovered the wonderful Vienna Gambit! It looks like the two gambits can transpose into each other. It's sort of confusing, which I hope will equally confuse my opponents, giving them more problems to solve!
This last game confused a very high rated player.