
Another great online event has started: the Legends of Chess tournament. While Kramnik and Anand seemed to be struggling with the online rapid format, Gelfand shone in the first round by beating Ding Liren 3:1. In the meantime, Carlsen beat Giri with a great novelty in the Ragozin, producing yet another impressive attacking game. But the Game of the Week was played by Ivanchuk, defeating Leko with the King’s Gambit, combining ancient concepts with truly modern ones.
Until the late 19th century the King’s Gambit was very popular, but today top level players employ it only rarely because according to theory Black has more than one way to equalize. However, players like Boris Spassky, Bobby Fischer, Judit Polgar and even Magnus Carlsen have employed it occasionally!
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Warming-up question: What would you play here with White?
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