I have a question on chess! What is the best way to respond to a 'King's Gambit'?

Question

I always end up havin problems right from the start when someone does the kings gambit, and prolly end up losin !!

Answer 1

I play both sides of the Kings Gambit regularly in my games as White: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 and as Black I have 3 variations I play often:

The Modern Defense to the King's Gambit this is widely viewed as one of Blacks best replies.....

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5

The Falkbeer Gambit is another very aggressive answer
for Black:

1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5

The Cunningham Variation is another very good King's Gambit killer:

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Be7 it attacks White structural weakness

Another very good answer is 1.e4 e5 2.f4 d6 Fischer Defence Bobby Fischer recommended it he called 3... d6 "a high-class waiting move." The idea of it is to avoid the Kieseritzky Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5) and free the queen's bishop, as well as giving an extra space for the king to run to if necessary.

Answer 2

The general principle is to accept the gambit, then get the right feeling about when trying to keep that extra pawn is just making your position worse, and instead letting your opponent capture one of your pawns will leave you level on material, but with a better position.

It may be only four moves into the game, it may be a dozen or more, but choosing the right moment to do it is how to win.

Answer 3

Accept the pawn. Your opponent will then be in a very bad position. Unless he(she/it) is way better than you, the chances of winning are very high.
The king's gambit is usually played as a psychological advantage, thus better in blitz games.

Answer 4

Practice, lots of practice.

Other than that, moving one or the other knight out in the first few opening moves should take care of this annoyance. I forget which one, but it's basically the one that would get in the way of the opponent's bishop.
This is one time where you can mostly forget about the opponent's queen, for in most cases the opponent won't risk her capture this early on.
Keep in mind, the opponent's bishop can and may capture your knight in response, but I'll let you deal with that.

Answer 5

Besides the Queen's Forfeit?

Just pop your knights out to mess with the field of play.