Author: Heinz van Kempen
Date: 23:32:21 02/06/06
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On February 07, 2006 at 02:16:31, Joseph Ciarrochi wrote: >oh, another one i would love to see. the kings gambit. This opening use to be >super popular, but now seems to have disappeared from top play. I presume that >GM's do not believe they get enough for the sacrificed pawn. But your tournement >can test this assumption. If white gets 50% or better, i reckon its ok (and its >disappearence is due more to fad that objective evaluation of the position) > >best >J Hi Joseph, yes, the King´s Gambit from the romantic period in the 19th century. It was very common at that time setting the board on fire in only a few moves. When my memory does not fail there was a line some years ago in the King´s Gambit after 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 giving Black the chance to trade queens and gaining equality quite easily. Moreover the Fischer variation with 3.Nf3 d6 seems to be good enough for Black and also the Falkbeer counter gambit with 1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5. Some efforts were done with 3.Bc4 and other rare moves. So maybe also only pregive 1.e4 e5 2.f4 here and see what the engines will find. Best Regards Heinz
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