One of the oldest documented openings in chess.

The King's Gambit is a chess opening that begins with the moves:

1.e4 e5

2. f4

White offers a pawn to divert the Black e-pawn so as to build a strong centre with d2–d4. Theory has shown that in order for Black to maintain the gambit pawn, he may well be forced to weaken his kingside.

The King's Gambit is one of the oldest documented openings, as it was examined by the 17th-centuryItalian chess player Giulio Polerio. It is also in an older book by Luis Ramírez de Lucena.

Source

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King's_Gambit

A YouYube playlist of games for reference:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bp4FSTXyyi8&index=2&list=PLC1300B9B6E4C40E3

Notable games:

"The final lap" Alexey Shirov vs J Lapinski (1990)

Boris Spasskt vs David Bronstein (1960)

"Keep your eye on the Paul" Paul Murphy vs Adolf Anderssen (1858)

Elementary openings

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