Chess/The King's Gambit
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can u give me advice on how to play the king's gambit in chess and is it is affective or risky. im talking about e4 e5 f4 exf
Hi Sam,
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The king's gambit is considered a somewhat unsound opening at the higher levels of chess, but for anyone rated under 2400 USCF - it's completely playable. If you like tactics and exciting attacking chess, then it's a good weapon to have in your repertoire, or even to be your main line opening against 1...e5.
Here's two books that I highly recommend to get you well-versed in playing it:
http://www.chessmastery.com/kings-gambit.html
As well, there are a number of good resources online:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King's_Gambit
http://chessgames.com/perl/chessopening?eco=C33
http://www.chesshouse.com/The_King_s_Gambit_CD_Bangiev_p/a153.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5ImJ2row6E
http://www.chess-learning.com/chess-opening/chess-openings-the-kings-gambit
Regards,
Len Molden
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