Chess Opening Theory/1. e4/1...e5/2. f4
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Position in Forsyth-Edwards Notation(FEN)
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| Moves: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ECO code: C30-C39 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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King's Gambit
White offers a pawn (and temporarily weakens his king side) in order to get the opportunity to play d4.
Black can accept the pawn and play 2...exf4 or refuse it. In the second case, many opportunities are offered to him. The most played are 2...Bc5 and 2...d5. Black could also reasonably play 2...Nc6 a variation that is rarely explored. White is considered to surrender an advantage when black accepts the gambit, and as such the lines of the King's Gambit Declined have become unpopular at the master level.
Theory table
For explanation of theory tables see theory table and for notation see algebraic notation
1.e4 e5 2.f4
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||
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| King's Gambit Accepted | f4 exf4 |
Nf3 g5 |
h4 g4 |
Ne5 Nf6 |
d4 d6 |
Nd3 Nxe4 |
∞ |
| King's Gambit Declined | ... Bc5 |
Nf3 d6 |
Nc3 Nf6 |
Bc4 Nc6 |
d3 Bg4 |
Na4 O-O |
+= |
| Falkbeer Countergambit | ... d5 |
exd5 c6 |
Nc3 exf4 |
Nf3 Bd6 |
d4 Ne7 |
Bc4 O-O |
+= |
| King's Gambit Declined | ... d6 |
Nf3 |
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| ... Nc6 |
Nf3 f5 |
exf5 e4 |
Ne5 Nf6 |
d3 Qe7 |
dxe4 Nxe5 |
∞ | |
| Panteldakis Countergambit | ... f5 |
exf5 |
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| Norwalde Variation | ... Qf6?! |
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| Keene Defence | ... Qh4+?! |
g3 Qe7 |
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References
- Nunn's Chess Openings. 1999. John Nunn (Editor), Graham Burgess, John Emms, Joe Gallagher. ISBN 1-8574-4221-0.
- Batsford Chess Openings 2 (1989, 1994). Garry Kasparov, Raymond Keene. ISBN 0-8050-3409-9.
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