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King's Gambit Accepted
a b c d e f g h
8a8 black rookb8 black knightc8 black bishopd8 black queene8 black kingf8 black bishopg8 black knighth8 black rook8
7a7 black pawnb7 black pawnc7 black pawnd7 black pawne7 black kingf7 black pawng7 black kingh7 black pawn7
6a6 black kingb6 black kingc6 black kingd6 black kinge6 black kingf6 black kingg6 black kingh6 black king6
5a5 black kingb5 black kingc5 black kingd5 black kinge5 black kingf5 black kingg5 black pawnh5 black king5
4a4 black kingb4 black kingc4 white bishopd4 black kinge4 white pawnf4 black pawng4 black kingh4 black king4
3a3 black kingb3 black kingc3 black kingd3 black kinge3 black kingf3 white knightg3 black kingh3 black king3
2a2 white pawnb2 white pawnc2 white pawnd2 white pawne2 black kingf2 black kingg2 white pawnh2 white pawn2
1a1 white rookb1 white knightc1 white bishopd1 white queene1 white kingf1 black kingg1 black kingh1 white rook1
a b c d e f g h
Position in Forsyth-Edwards Notation (FEN)

rnbqkbnr/pppp1p1p/8/6p1/2B1Pp2/5N2/PPPP2PP/RNBQK2R b

Moves: 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4
Parent: King's Gambit

King's Gambit Accepted, 4.Bc4

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With 4.Bc4, White ignores Black's pawn advance in favor of development. Black can now either continue his development with 4...Bg7 or attempt to unseat White's knight with 4...g4.

Theory table

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For explanation of theory tables, see theory table and for notation, see algebraic notation..

1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4

4 5 6 7 8  
Traditional (Hanstein) Variation Bc4
Bg7		 d4
d6		 O-O
h6		 c3
Nc6		 g3
g4		 =
Philidor Gambit ...
...		 h4
h6		 d4
d6		 c3
Nc6		 O-O
Bg4		 =
Muzio Gambit ...
g4		 O-O!
gxf3		 Qxf3
Qf6		 e5!?
Qxe5		 d3
Bh6		 ∞
Double Muzio Gambit ...
...		 ...
...		 ...
...		 ...
...		 Bxf7
Kxf7		 ∞

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References

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