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King's Gambit Accepted: King's Knight's Gambit

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For three centuries chess WAS the King's Gambit — Anderssen's Immortal Game (1851), sacrificing both rooks and the queen, opens 1.e4 e5 2.f4. Then Fischer, furious after losing to Spassky's, published 'A Bust to the King's Gambit' (1961). It's never been the same — and it still wins miniatures every day.

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1.e4e52.f4exf43.Nf3g5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
King's Gambit Accepted: King's Knight's Gambit4.0M games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
h35.6%224k48%
Be20.3%13k43%
d30.3%11k42%
Ne50.1%4.9k44%
g30.1%4.6k49%
e50.1%3.0k41%
Category
Gambit
First move
1.e4
ECO
C34
Line
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5
GambitSharp
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