My main opening as White against 1. e4 e5 is the Vienna (2. Nc3 and 3. f4) so it’s natural for me to look at the King’s Gambit too. Even though I don’t have a book on the Vienna or King’s Gambit, today, with chess videos and databases it’s easy for me to start learning about the main lines for the King’s Gambit.
Here’s an example King’s Gambit in Grandmaster play. No lesser than V. Anand fell to the dangerous King’s gambit :-
[Event "PCA/Intel-GP"]
[Site "Moscow"]
[Date "1995.04.30"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Morozevich, Alexander"]
[Black "Anand, Viswanathan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C33"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2715"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "1995.04.??"]
[EventType "k.o. (rapid)"]
[EventRounds "4"]
[EventCountry "RUS"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.01.01"]
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bb3 d5 6. exd5 cxd5 7. d4 Bb4 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O Bxc3 10. bxc3 Qc7 11. Qe1 Nc6 12. Qh4 Ne7 13. Bxf4 Qxc3 14. Bd2 Qc7 15. Ne5 Nf5 16. Qf4 Be6 17. Bb4 Rfc8 18. g4 Nd6 19. Rae1 Nfe4 20. c4 dxc4 21. Bc2 Nf6 22. g5 Nh5 23. Qf3 g6 24. Nxg6 hxg6 25. Bxg6 fxg6 26. Rxe6 Qf7 27. Qd5 Nf5 28. Rxf5 1-0
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