to bring away White's King's Pawn by advancing his own QP to Q4,
or try to utilise the King's file, which was opened by his second
move, and operate against White's KP. The Rooks are indicated for
this task. We shall refer to the execution of these plans later
on.

In the King's gambit, White's attempt to bring away Black's
King's Pawn may be safely ignored.

The move 2. P-KB4 does not threaten to take the King's Pawn, as
Black would win White's KP by Q-R5ch. Black can therefore develop
in security with 2. ... B-B4, and if then White prevents the Q
check by Kt-KB3, there is no objection to Black protecting his
King's Pawn with P-Q3, as the King's Bishop is already developed.
After 4. B-B4, Black has still no need to protect his KP with Kt-
QB3, but can play Kt-KB3 first, because after 5. PxP, PxP; 6.
KtxP would be answered by 6. ... Q-Q5 winning a piece. Black
keeps the upper hand in these early encounters because he has
made a developing move with a piece, whilst White has played a
pawn move which is useless for the purpose of development.


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8 | #R | | | #Q | #K | | | #R |
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7 | #P | #P | #P | | | #P | #P | #P |
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6 | | | #Kt| #P | | #Kt| | |
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5 | | | #B | | #P | | | |