Gambit of the king
The gambit of the king or Gambit King is a opening Jeu of failures. It was very popular at the 19th century. The player of failures Anderssen left splendid parts with this opening. One also organized tournaments sets of themes, i.e. while forcing the players to start with a gambit of the king. During the 20th century, she knew a general disaffection and a little scorning.
It is a sharp, but risky opening for the white. Today, one tends to consider that the Blacks preserve good against-chances. The principal idea of this opening is to open the column F in order to attack the pawn f7 only protected by the king at the time of the beginning of the part.
Technical precise details
Gambit King is characterized by the blows 1.e4 e5 2.f4 .The Gambit can be accepted or refused.
- It is refused if the blacks refuse to take the pawn f4 and will play a blow like 2. d6 or 2. Dh4+.
- It is accepted if the blacks take the pawn in f4, and the opening will have to be perfectly known on the two sides of the chess-board, because the attacks can be striking down (both for the white the blacks). In general, for an accepted gambit, the best blow for the blacks is g5.
Famous players having practiced the gambit king
- Adolf Anderssen ;
- Joe Gallagher;
- Bent Larsen;
- Boris Spassky;
- Paul Morphy.
Source
- Joe Gallagher, Winning With the King' S Gambit , Batsford, 1992, ISBN 0-7134-6944-7
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