Ponderchess / Openings
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Opening
The King's Gambit Accepted in 3D
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4. The most famous gambit of the Romantic era. White offers a pawn to open the f-file and build a big centre with d4.
Rebuild the sequence yourself. The board responds to each move, and hints are available.
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King's Gambit Accepted: Greco Gambit, move by move: e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 d6 Bc4 h6 …
The white pieces
Develop fast, play d4, and aim your pieces at f7.
The black pieces
Either hold the extra pawn with ...g5 and accept some risk, or give it back with ...d5 for a comfortable game.
Look a little deeper · 01
Black can try to keep the pawn with ...g5, or return it with an early ...d5 for easy development.
Look a little deeper · 02
White's king is exposed after f4, so the game is double-edged for both sides.
King's Gambit Accepted: Greco Gambit, move by move: e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 d6 Bc4 h6 …
Keyboard: Space pauses, the arrow keys step. Gold arrows are White's moves, violet are Black's, red rays are threats, green shows support, blue shows plans.
