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King's Gambit

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Originally posted by Squelchbelch
1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 d6 4.Bc4 h6 5.0-0 g5 6.d4 Bg7 and then 7.h4 Nc6 8.c3 is one perfectly "sound" way for White to deal with this defence.
[fen]r1bqk1nr/ppp2pb1/2np3p/6p1/2BPPp1P/2P2N2/PP4P1/RNBQ1RK1 w - - 0 1[/fen]
Currently the critical line appears to be 8...Nf6 (black has reasonable alternatives) 9.hxg5 Nh5! (9...Nxe4 10.Bd5!) 10.g6 fxg6 11.Qb3.

I have played this line once or twice with both sides on RHP. It should be noted that white does not need to allow this set-up for black.

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