Kings Gambit at Low Elo
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I never said that
I said that 800s don’t need openings
Dec 11, 2021
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#23
Of course the King's Gambit is perfectly playable, especially at lower levels. There are ways for black to equalize so high-level players rarely play it as they are looking for ways to achieve an advantage as white and their opponents usually know how to equalize. That is not a problem at 800 level.
If you like to push for a kingside attack and are willing to risk facing difficulties later in the game should your opponent thwart your efforts, go for it. Even top GMs can fall victim--after Fischer wrote an article claiming that the King's Gambit "loses by force" Spassky played it against him (Mar del Plata 1960) and got an impressive win. Spassky also won a sensational game with it vs David Bronstein (USSR Championship 1960, a game used in the James Bond film "From Russia with Love"). And Karpov tried an "improvement" on Fischer's system (Hamburg 1982) but Spassky beat him too.
Dec 13, 2021
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#24
I really hate the Kings Gambit. So yes its a fun tactic to use. I recently lost a game against it at my chess club. The opponent afterwards explained me a few things about it. So yes play it or learn to play against it.
#23
Fischer devised and published his refutation of the King's Gambit after his loss to Spassky.
The Spassky-Karpov game was an exhibition game only, not a competitive game.
PineappleMcPineapple wrote:
I have read that the kings gambit is a bit of a unsound opening, but at my elo, I dont see many people capitalizing on the pawn advantage, and from what I can see, most people dont take advantage of its weaknesses? If this is stupid, forgive me, im just a 850 elo player.
Yes, it is a great idea to play gambits. You will learn how to play with the initiative and a pawn more or less doesn't really count that much anyway at 800. The old Russian masters actually recommended to play the openings in the order they appeared in the history of chess - starting with gambits.
Once you improve you can move on to a sound opening.
Dec 13, 2021
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#27
Ive played the kings gambit a bit during this weekend, it got me a fair bit of elo, im starting to understand why its a unsound opening, and its strengths and weaknesses a bit, thanks again all.
