Chess Opening Theory/1. e4/1...e5/2. f4/2...exf4

King's Gambit Accepted
a b c d e f g h
8a8 black rookb8 black knightc8 black bishopd8 black queene8 black kingf8 black bishopg8 black knighth8 black rook8
7a7 black pawnb7 black pawnc7 black pawnd7 black pawne7 black kingf7 black pawng7 black pawnh7 black pawn7
6a6 black kingb6 black kingc6 black kingd6 black kinge6 black kingf6 black kingg6 black kingh6 black king6
5a5 black kingb5 black kingc5 black kingd5 black kinge5 black kingf5 black kingg5 black kingh5 black king5
4a4 black kingb4 black kingc4 black kingd4 black kinge4 white pawnf4 black pawng4 black kingh4 black king4
3a3 black kingb3 black kingc3 black kingd3 black kinge3 black kingf3 black kingg3 black kingh3 black king3
2a2 white pawnb2 white pawnc2 white pawnd2 white pawne2 black kingf2 black kingg2 white pawnh2 white pawn2
1a1 white rookb1 white knightc1 white bishopd1 white queene1 white kingf1 white bishopg1 white knighth1 white rook1
a b c d e f g h
Common moves:
3. Nf3 - King's Knight Gambit
3. Bc4 - King's Bishop Gambit
3. Be2 - Lesser Bishop's (April Fool's) Gambit
3. d4 - Villemson Gambit
3. Qf3 - Breyer Gambit
3. Nc3 - Keres Gambit

King's Gambit Accepted

If Black could make a free move in this position, it would undoubtedly be ...Qh4+. White can't block with the g-pawn thanks to the Black pawn on f4, so the awkward 3. Ke2 would be forced.

How should White deal with that threat? The most obvious approach is to control the h4 square, with the natural developing move 3. Nf3.

The main alternative to Nf3 is to create an empty square for the king to run to after the check on h4. 3. Bc4 accomplishes this and also develops a piece to a square where it will threaten Black's weak f7 point.

Theory table

For explanation of theory tables, see theory table and for notation, see algebraic notation..

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4

3 4 5 6 7
King's Knight Gambit Nf3
g5		 h4
g4		 Ne5
Nf6		 d4
d6		 Nd3
Nxe4		 ∞
King's Bishop Gambit Bc4
...		 =
Lesser Bishop's Gambit Be2
...
Villemson Gambitd4?!

Qh4+

Mason Gambit Nc3?!
-
Breyer Gambit Qf3?!
-		 =/+
King's Own Gambit Kf2?!
Qh4+		 g3
fxg3		 Kg2
Qxe4+		 -/+

References

  • Kasparov, Garry, & Keene, Raymond 1989 Batsford chess openings 2. ISBN 0-8050-3409-9.


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Chess Opening Theory
1. e4
1...e5 · Open
2. Nf3
With 2...Nc6:
Four knights: (
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Italian game: (
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Spanish game: (
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With other 2nd moves:
2. Other

1...c5 · Sicilian
2. Nf3 · Open Sicilian
With 2...Nc6:

With 2...d6:

With 2...e6:

With other 2nd moves:
Anti-Sicilians
1... other
Caro-Kann
French
Other


1. d4
1...d5 · Closed
2. c4
2. Nc3
2. other
1...Nf6 · Indian
2. c4
With 2...e6:

With 2...g6:

With other 2nd moves for Black:
2. Nf3
2. other
1... other
Flank
Unorthodox
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