Objectively speaking, the queen’s gambit is the much more solid opening; the king’s gambit is basically refuted at the highest levels. That being said, the king’s gambit is your classic gambit in every sense of the “gambit” concept. Conversely, the queen’s gambit is not really a “true gambit” because you can get the pawn back or get a theoretically well-known situation where you have lots of compensation for the pawn.
king's gambit vs queen's gambit which is better?
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1 day ago
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#3
Queens gambit by a long shot, you'd be at least some 200 hundred years behind in chess theory to consider the kings gambit more optimal by any means
18 hrs ago
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#6
Qualify what better means. King's gambit is a dubious opening, yet highly playable below master level. King's gambit will give greater variety than Queen's gambit. King's gambit is harder to play, so will teach more if played against decent competition. (Poor opponents sometimes concede the center for no reason giving white an easy game. )
17 hrs ago
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#7
technical_knockout wrote:
just play both via the sturm gambit. 🥷🏼
Looks more likely to get a Stonewall.
17 hrs ago
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#8
I drew against the kings gambit OTB and I'm still salty about it. Terrible opening
Queen's Gambit is more sound, but I wouldn't call that a gambit. King's Gambit is a true gambit, but it's not sound.
17 hrs ago
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#10
KeSetoKaiba wrote:
Objectively speaking, the queen’s gambit is the much more solid opening; the king’s gambit is basically refuted at the highest levels. That being said, the king’s gambit is your classic gambit in every sense of the “gambit” concept. Conversely, the queen’s gambit is not really a “true gambit” because you can get the pawn back or get a theoretically well-known situation where you have lots of compensation for the pawn.
I don't think I could say it any better than KeSetoKaiba did. I like Queen's Gambit & don't play King's Gambit.
16 hrs ago
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#11
I don't try to keep the pawn, I just play the falkbeer against it. Nice easy position
16 hrs ago
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#12
King gambit best. Every game I play, I play king gambit. That why I win every game.
16 hrs ago
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#13
If you know the theory well, kings gambit isn't good. If I could go into any opening though, where my opponent has no theory in, it would be the kings gambit just because of how tricky it is.
16 hrs ago
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#14
" A gambit is where you sacrifice a pawn in order to get a lost game " said somebody.
15 hrs ago
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#15
rae-mikael wrote:
is the king's gambit better than the queen's gambit or is the queen's gambit better?
depends on what you say is "better"
positional - queen
attacking - king
sound - queen
unsound - king
initiative - king
development - king
space - (depends)
win rate - (depends on elo)
15 hrs ago
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#16
FatRatScat wrote:
" A gambit is where you sacrifice a pawn in order to get a lost game " said somebody.
You've probably lost to a gambit, that's just false.
15 hrs ago
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#17
ZacharyRhinehartsDad wrote:
If you know the theory well, kings gambit isn't good. If I could go into any opening though, where my opponent has no theory in, it would be the kings gambit just because of how tricky it is.
"If you know the theory well, kings gambit isn't good." // no, it's still somewhat playable.
15 hrs ago
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#18
The falkbeer has a higher win rate for black than white on lichess
That's objectively terrible for an opening
15 hrs ago
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#19
And also nobody ever accepts the kings gambit OTB so you're gonna have to play these sidelines where you're slightly worse if you're a kings gambit player
is the king's gambit better than the queen's gambit or is the queen's gambit better?