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King's Gambit - King's Gambit Accepted (2...exf4)

Let's learn the King's Gambit! We sacrifice a pawn for explosive attacking chances, and below 2000 our opponents walk straight into the traps. Here's how Black can react:

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King's Gambit Accepted (2...exf4): position after 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 Bc5 5. d4 Bb6 6. Nf3 Qe7 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. e5 Nh5 9. g4
Position after 9. g4

Main line

The chapter's main line, with the comments from the course.

  1. 1. e4 e5 2. f4

    Black takes the center, so we offer up our f-pawn for quick development and kingside pressure.

  2. 2... exf4

    Good, let's accept the gambit and grab White's pawn, we're up material in a sharp position.

  3. 3. Bc4

    The Bishop's Gambit, we develop the bishop and avoid getting kicked around by g5-g4 later.

  4. 3... Qh4+!

    Black's best move forces our king to walk, but we get great attacking chances if Black isn't prepared.

  5. 4. Kf1

    Castling is gone, but the black queen sits clumsily and Nf3 will shove it back with tempo.

  6. 4... Bc5

    The Greco Variation, Black's most popular move but also a BLUNDER that lets us develop with tempo!

  7. 5. d4

    We strike at the bishop immediately and prepare to win back our f4 pawn with Bxf4.

  8. 5... Bb6 6. Nf3

    Developing with tempo, one of the perks of allowing the early queen check.

  9. 6... Qe7

    Black retreats but now targets our e4 pawn.

  10. 7. Nc3

    We develop the knight and keep e4 protected.

  11. 7... Nf6

    That knight is going to struggle to find a good home.

  12. 8. e5

    We keep pushing forward while Black scrambles to get out of the way.

  13. 8... Nh5

    Awkward spot for the knight, but it does defend the f4 pawn.

  14. 9. g4

    Kicking the knight with nowhere safe to run. Aggressive stuff!

Key lines

The free lines of this chapter, each one trainable move by move.

  1. Main Line

    1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 Bc5 5. d4 Bb6 6. Nf3 Qe7 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. e5 Nh5 9. g4

  2. 3...d6

    1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d6 4. Qf3 g5 5. h4 f6 6. Qh5+ Kd7 7. Nc3 c6 8. Nf3

  3. 3...d6

    1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d6 4. Qf3 Nf6 5. d3 Nc6 6. Bxf4 Be7 7. h3 O-O 8. Ne2

  4. 3...Nf6

    1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Nf3 Bxc3 6. dxc3 Nxe4 7. Bxf4 O-O 8. O-O

  5. 3...Nf6

    1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. d4 d5 6. exd5 cxd5 7. Bb5+ Nc6 8. Bxf4

  6. 3...g5

    1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Nc3 h5 6. d4 Bh6 7. Nd5 Nf6 8. Bxf4

  7. 3...Nc6

    1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nc6 4. d4 Qh4+ 5. Kf1 Nf6 6. Nf3 Qg4 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. e5

  8. 3...Be7

    1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Be7 4. Nc3 Bh4+ 5. Kf1 d6 6. d4 Bg5 7. h4 Bh6 8. Nh3

  9. 3...Bc5

    1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. Bxf7+ Kxf7 5. Qh5+ g6 6. Qxc5

  10. 3...d5

    1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d5 4. Bxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nxd5 Bd6 7. Nf3

  11. 3...c6

    1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 c6 4. d4 d5 5. exd5 cxd5 6. Bb5+ Nc6 7. Bxf4 Nf6 8. Ne2 Bd6 9. O-O

  12. 3...h6

    1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 h6 4. Nc3 d6 5. d4 g5 6. h4 Bg7 7. hxg5

  13. 3...Ne7

    1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Ne7 4. Nc3 Ng6 5. d4 Be7 6. Nge2 Bh4+ 7. g3

  14. 4...Nf6

    1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 Nf6 5. Nf3 Qh5 6. Nc3 Bb4 7. e5 Bxc3 8. dxc3

  15. 4...d6

    1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 d6 5. Nc3 Bg4 6. Nf3 Bxf3 7. Qxf3 Nc6 8. Qf2

  16. 4...Nc6

    1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qh5 6. d4 g5 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Nd5

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