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re:Grand Masters and the King's Gambit - 2006/02/05 16:38
Nigel Short plaeyd it twce against Shirov in 1999, each draws, once against
Karpov in 2000, also a draw, and against Zu Chen in 2002, 1-0 in 61 moves.
Micky Adams rightfully played it agianst Shirov and Sokolov in 1997, each draws
Morozevich won with it against Almasi in 2002. Although no longer among the elite players, Hiekki Westerinen contrinues to play it.
These are only the currtent top players. If you are going to go back 40-50 years, as you do by naming Spassky and Fischer, you should also include
Bronstein, whome along with Spasky was one of the last great epxonetns of the
KG. And he continues to play it right up to the present day.
It's purely my impresoin, but it seems that the reason it isn't scene more often isn't that it is equally considsered busted, but rather that after 1.e4 e5, most of the elite players believe they can achieve an objectrively stronger posityion by playin 2.Nf3, while 2.f4 allows Black too easy a path to readily equalizing..
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