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King’s Gambit Accepted: Bishop’s Variation From there it will control the whole large dark-squared diagonal. The best way to do this is by playing g5.īlack plays d6 in order to open up the way for the Bishop.Ī good square for this Bishop would be g4, as it can pin White’s Knight on f3.īlack usually plays g5 to protect the pawn on f4.īut this also allows him to develop his Bishop to g7. One of the main ideas for Black is to keep the pawn won on f4. This move can undermine Black’s entire Kingside pawn structure. White can lay g3 and attack Black’s f4 pawn.

Then White can castle and use his Rook and Knight to further attack on f7. White wants to put his Bishop to c4 because it targets Black’s f7 pawn (Which is only defended by the enemy King) White makes use of the fact that Black’s pawn has moved away from e5 to play d4. One of White’s main ideas in the King’s Gambit is to expand in the center. This prevents complications that arise if the Knight was allowed to reach e5. The idea was to take the e5 square away from White’s Knight before protecting the won f-pawn. This variation was popularized by the former World Champion Bobby Fischer. Why play the King’s Gambit Accepted: Fischer Defense The King’s Gambit Accepted: Fischer Defense appears on the board after the following moves: The King will be exposed and lose the right to castle. Since White cannot play g3, he has to move his King to f1. This can also expose Black’s King to an attack on the d8-h4 diagonal.Ī very effective ideas for Black is to use the Queen to give Black’s king a check. This move attacks the Knight on f3 and eventually allows Black to play f3 himself and attack White’s King. Since Black has played g5, one of the ideas will be to push forward with g4.īlack’s idea: use pawns to advance on enemies Kingside. This will help him develop his pieces and challenge White’s spatial advantage. One of the main ideas for Black is to break in the center with d5. White can do this with d4 since the e-pawn no longer controls the e5 square. One of White’s goals ideas in the King’s Gambit is to control the center squares. Then castle so the rook and then later the queen and knight can all attack the weak f7 square. Get the Bishop to c4 so it can attack f7. White wants to challenge Black’s Kingside pawns and force him to expose his position, while also aiming to take back the pawn on f4. The move 4.h4 introduces the main line against the Classical Variation of the King’s Gambit Accepted. Play h2-h4 to challenge Black’s pawn formation The Classical Variation is the most played option in the King’s Gambit.īlack tries to keep the won f-pawn and secure a material advantage. Why play the King’s Gambit Accepted: Classical Variation The King’s Gambit Accepted: Classical Variation appears on the board after the following moves: King’s Gambit Accepted: Classical Variation He will try to exploit the fact that playing f4 weakens the King, by playing moves like Bc5 (to prevent White from castling) or immediately open up lines for attack by playing d5. In the King’s Gambit Declined, Black decides not to accept White’s sacrifice. The idea is: White is okay with losing the right to castle since he will be up in development by two pieces over Black. In the King’s Gambit Accepted: Bishop’s Variation, White develops the Bishop instead of the Knight.

This variation prevents Black from dealing with a lot of headaches when White’s Knight gets on the e5 square. Then proceeds to protect the f4 pawn with his g pawn. In the King’s Gambit Accepted: Fischer Defense, Black first takes away the e5 square from the White Knight. Therefore the Fischer variation was created (by Bobby Fischer) to control the e5 square before protecting the f4 pawn. This opening runs into a lot of issues for Black since White can get his Knight to e5 and force Black’s pawns to over advance. In the King’s Gambit Accepted: Classical Variation, Black plays g5 to protect the pawn on f4.