Chess: Understanding the King's Gambit Accepted Part I

1 e4 e5 2 f4 exf4 3 Bc4 Line



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Variation A

1 e4



1 ... e5




2 f4



2 ... exf4



2 ... d5
2 ... Bc5
2 ... Nf6
2 ... d6
2 ... Qf6
2 ... Qh4+
2 ... Nc6
2 ... Nh6

3 Bc4



3 Nf3
3 Nc3
3 Be2
3 d4
3 Qf3
3 b3
3 Bd3
3 Kf2
3 g3
3 Qg4
3 Ne2
3 h4
3 Bb5
3 Qh5
3 Qe2

3 ... Qh4+



Forcing the King to give up the right to castle.

3 ... d5
3 ... Nf6
3 ... Ne7
3 ... c6
3 ... d6
3 ... Nc6
3 ... f5
3 ... Be7
3 ... b5
3 ... g5

4 Kf1



White will gain time by attacking the enemy queen
through g2-g3.

4 ... c6



It's imperative for Black to have some say in the
center otherwise White will rule that region.

Or 4 ... d5! [ 4 ... b5 5 Bxb5 Nf6 6 Nf3 Qh6 7 Nc3!]
5 Bxd5 Bd6 [5 ... g5 6 g3! Qh6 7 d4! Nf6 8 Qf3!]
6 Nc3 Ne7 7 d4 f6! 8 Nf3 Qh5 9 Bc4 Bg4!.

4 ... g5
4 ... d5
4 ... b5
4 ... d6
4 ... Nf6

5 d4



Also plausible is: 5 Nf3 Qh5 6 Nc3 d6 7 d4 g5
8 h4 f6 9 Be2 Bg4 10 Kf2 Qg6 11 hxg5 fxg5
12 Nh4 gxh4 13 Bxg4.

5 Nc3
5 d3

5 ... g5



Securing the f4 pawn.

5 ... Nf6
5 ... d6
5 ... Ne7

6 Qf3



6 Nf3

6 ... Nf6



6 ... Qh6

7 g3



7 ... Qh5



7 ... Qh6

8 Qxh5



8 e5
8 gxf4

8 ... Nxh5



9 Be2



9 Kg2
9 gxf4

9 ... Nf6



9 ... Ng7

10 e5



10 Nc3

10 ... Nd5



10 ... Ne4

11 c4



11 Nh3
11 Nc3
11 gxf4

11 ... Ne3+



11 ... Nb4

12 Bxe3



12 ... fxe3



With a balanced position.

Variation B

1 e4



1 ... e5



2 f4



2 ... exf4



3 Bc4



3 ... d5




3 ... Nf6
3 ... Qh4
3 ... Ne7
3 ... c6
3 ... d6
3 ... Nc6
3 ... f5
3 ... Be7
3 ... b5
3 ... g5

4 Bxd5



4 exd5

4 ... Nf6



If 4 ... Qh4+ then 5 Kf1 g5 6 Nf3 Qh5 7 h4 Bg7 8 Nc3 h6
9 d4 Ne7 10 Qd3 0-0 11 Ne2 Nbc6.

4 ... Qh4+

5 Nc3



Or, 5 Nf3 Nxd5 6 exd5 Qxd5 7 Nc3 Qf5!,
with an equal position;
5 Bc4 Nxe4 6 Nf3 Bd6 7 d3 Nc5 8 0-0 0-0.

5 Nf3
5 Bc4
5 Bb3

5 ... Bb4



5 ... Bd6
5 ... Nxd5

6 Nf3



Not 6 Nge2 Bxc3 7 Nxc3 Bg4, with an advantage
for Black.

6 Qf3

6 ... Bxc3



Black gets a difficult game after 6 ... 0-0 7 0-0 Bxc3
8 dxc3 c6 9 Bc4 Qxd1 10 Rxd1 Nxe4 11 Bxf4 Nd7
12 Rd4 Ndf6 13 Re1 Bf5 14 Bd3.

6 ... O-O

7 dxc3



7 bxc3

7 ... c6



7 ... O-O

8 Bc4



8 Bc4
8 Bb3
8 Bxf7+

8 ... Qxd1+



9 Kxd1



9 ... 0-0



9 ... b5
9 ... Ng4
9 ... Nh5

10 Bxf4



10 e5 Nh5 is also playable.

10 Bd3

10 ... Nxe4



10 ... Nbd7

11 Re1 Bf5



12 Kc1



12 Nh4

Variation C

1 e4



1 ... e5



2 f4



2 ... exf4



3 Bc4



3 ... Nf6



3 ... d5
3 ... Qh4+
3 ... Ne7
3 ... c6
3 ... d6
3 ... Nc6
3 ... f5
3 ... Be7
3 ... b5
3 ... g5

4 Nc3



4 Qe2 leads to 4 ... Bc5! [ 4 ... d5 5 exd5 Be7
6 Nf3 0-0] 5 Nf3 Nc6 6 c3 0-0 7 d4 d5!,
and Black has a huge advantage.

4 d3
4 Qe2

4 ... c6



Preparing for d7-d5 in order to limit the c4 bishop's
scope along the a2-g8 diagonal.

4 ... Bb4
4 ... Nc6
4 ... d5

5 Bb3



[5 d4 Bb4 6 Qf3 d5 7 exd5 0-0 8 Nge2 cxd5;
5 Qf3 d5 6 exd5 Bd6 7 d3 Bg4 8 Qf2 0-0]

5 d4
5 Qf3
5 Qe2
5 e5
5 Nf3

5 ... d5



5 ... Bc5
5 ... Qc7
5 ... Na6

6 exd5 cxd5



6 ... Nxd5

7 d4



7 Qf3
7 Nf3

7 ... Bd6



Covering the f4 pawn.

7 ... Bb4

8 Nge2



Attacking the f4 pawn a second time.

8 Nf3
8 Qf3
8 Nb5

8 ... 0-0



8 ... f3

9 0-0



[9 Bxf4 Bxf4 10 Nxf4 Re8+ 11 Nfe2 Ng4 12 Nxd5 Be6
13 h3 Bxd5 14 hxg5]

9 Bxf4

9 ... g5



9 ... Bg4
9 ... Nc6

10 h4



[10 Nxd5 Nc6 11 h4!]

10 Nxd5

10 ... h6



10 ... f3
10 ... Ng4

11 hxg5 hxg5



12 Nxd5



12 g3

12 ... Nc6



With equal chances for both sides.

12 ... Kg7

By ChessCoach@care2.com

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