Revival of Kings Gambit

The romantics of chess has reason to rejoice. There has been a revival of the Kings Gambit in modern chess. GM’s like Hector, Short and Nakamura plays the Kings Gambit from time to time.

Here is a wonderful example of the Kings Gambit from Reykjavik Open 2013 were white, S. Jensen, with a mere 1909 in rating, plays IM Urkedal, with a rating of 2474. S. Jensen demolishes IM Urkedal in 21 moves! The rating difference is 564 rating points.

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[Event “Reykjavik Open 2013”]
[Site “Reykjavik ISL”]
[Date “2013.02.19”]
[Round “1.39”]
[White “Jensen, So3”]
[Black “Urkedal, F”]
[Result “1-0”]
[WhiteElo “1909”]
[BlackElo “2473”]
[ECO “C37”]
[EventDate “2013.02.19”]
[BlackTitle “IM”]
[Opening “KGA”]
[Variation “double Muzio gambit”]
[WhiteFideId “1421204”]
[BlackFideId “1506102”]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.O-O gxf3 6.Qxf3 Qf6 7.e5 Qxe5 8.
Bxf7+ Kxf7 9.d4 Qxd4+ 10.Be3 Qf6 11.Bxf4 Bc5+ 12.Kh1 Bd6 13.Qh5+ Qg6 14.
Bxd6+ Nf6 15.Qd5+ Kg7 16.Rxf6 Qxf6 17.Be5 Rf8 18.Bxf6+ Rxf6 19.Qg5+ Kf7
20.Nc3 d6 21.Nd5 1-0

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Links:
Kings Gambit Accepted chessgames.com