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re:Grand Masters and the King's Gambit - 2006/06/03 12:41
Nigel Short played it twce against Shirov in 1999, both draws, once against
Karpov in 2000, also a draw, and against Zu Chen in 2002, 1-0 in 61 moves.
Micky Adams played it against Shirov and Sokolov in 1997, both draws
Morozevich won with it against Almasi in 2002. Although no longer among the elite players, Heikki Westerinen continues to play it.
These are only the current 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, who along with Spassky was one of the last great exponents of the
KG. And he continues to play it right up to the present day.
It's purely my impression, but it seems that the reason it isn't seen more often isn't that it is considered busted, but rather that after 1.e4 e5, most of the elite players believe they can achieve an objectively stronger position by playing 2.Nf3, while 2.f4 allows Black too easy a path to equalizing..
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