Annotated by drekec (1200): I usually play d4 first move but recently i saw a beautiful game with a variation in king's gambit that i never saw before: 3.Bc4 instead of Nf3.
I thought that in king's gambit not to play 3.Nf3 is madness.I already won 2 or 3 games with this variation and lost only one.I like it very much because it leads to open game with great attacking potential from both sides.
So i start with e4 and hope…
Annotated by goldaxe2006 (1619): The King's Gambit Holding onto the pawn Threatening hxg5 as Black cant recapture with the pawn as Rxh8 loses a rook protecting the rook Threatening mate and the bishop Forced A great move as Black cant play Qxf7... Qxg2 was the only chance but after Nxh8 white is a piece up and can defend winning the queen…
