Which is better: Queen's Gambit or King's Gambit

It is worth learning. It will sharpen your tactics, which will strengthen the weakness that is usually reponsible for your losses.

Giulio Cesare Polerio

During the time I attended a club, I once asked a master ( who watched while I was playing with others ) how to improve. He replied: "You don't know how to attack. Play the King's Gambit for a year, only that and anything else." . It seemed like a bit of extreme advice to me, because I've always liked taking the initiative but without taking excessive risks to launching in bayonet assaults. However, I followed his advice : only for a month, but playing that way helped me a lot to build more effective attack patterns than the ones I was trying to implement. Then, I never played it again, but I have a positive memory of those games that were constantly conducted to boarding.

I would happily play the Queen's Gambit instead, but I still don't feel comfortable in trench battles. If I manage to move to a higher level, I will also start playing 1.d4 , 2.c4

Personally I find that the King’s Gambit is much more fun to play and interesting to learn. Although in terms of sheer theory the Queen’s Gambit is definitely better (It’s statistically the best for white) but it is very hard to get the hang of. If you are new to chess the King’s Gambit is probably better since it is easy to learn but if your more experienced the Queen’s Gambit is probably the best choice.

I started playing the king’s gambit in the 1970s. I usually play it with some regularity for a week or two every year or so. I also play the queen’s gambit regularly and have been doing so since the 1970s.