Killing it with the King’s Gambit + PGN by GM Alan Pichot Feb 07, 2025

Romantic Chess Is Back!

Grandmaster Alan Pichot has been flying high lately. In 2024 he became Iberoamerican Champion, Rapid Spanish Champion, won an individual Bronze Medal at the World Chess Olympiad, and spent most of the year ranked within the world top 100.

So when such a strong player releases his first Chessable course… on the King’s Gambit no less, you’d better take a look at it!

One of the oldest chess openings, the King’s Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4) represents an era of the game where frontal aggression was the only way forward.

Pawn sacrifices, giving up castling, piece sacrifices… All in the name of development, activity, and a lightning-quick, caveman-like attack directly against the Black King.

And nothing stops you from bringing it back today and luring your opponents into the madness!

Black’s material advantage will disappear soon

The King’s Gambit can be a neat addition to your repertoire, either as a main line, a surprise weapon, or a blitz specialty.

The resulting positions are simply too dangerous for your opponents to find their way over the board, but that’s exactly what they’ll be forced to do 99% of the time, as people are rarely well prepared against the KG. Meanwhile,

You’ll be reciting engine- and GM-approved tactics,
one after the other.

But worry not! Such complexity doesn’t mean you’ll have to spit out everything by heart and not actually play the game on your own. No sir!

For this repertoire, GM Pichot focuses on idea-based, easy-to-learn variations that allow you to create threats and pose problems to your opponents from the get-go.

Other than the typical required memorization of some forcing sequences in the critical lines, this course will show you how free and creative your play can get with the King’s Gambit!

Cap one of the most beautiful combinations ever with mate in 2

This compact repertoire gives you a devastating weapon in just 152 trainable variations and 8 hours of video instruction with GM Pichot.