Wow. I have just decided to pick up the King's Gambit and it is suprisingly fun and natural to me. About a year ago I touched on the KG, but I was so materialistic that I gave it up shortly because I didn't fully understand sacrificing material for position, even if it was just a pawn. Now that my knowledge has grown, I'm extemely glad I have come back to it. My first game I beat a player 200 points above my strength on ICC using a few pretty combinations and then a demolition of his kingside pawn structure to lead to a forced mate. It was the most fun I have had in a while playing chess, and the moves were very natural and I finished the game using about 5 of my 15 minutes.

Oh and of course, both kingsides in the KG are usually torn apart somewhat. My opponent played the Cunningham defence (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Be7 4.Bc4) which doesn't include any kingside pushes. The particular line my opponent chose was 4.. Bh4+ 5.Kf1 Qf6, which doesn't look very sound. His queen ended up getting harrassed by my pieces and fell behind in development.

I enjoy playing the KG and without a doubt I prefer 3 Nf3 to 3 Bc4.

Hi, This variation, 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4!, is good, because:
3...Qh4+? Is a dubious continuation, but 4. g3? Is bad (Much better is 4.Kf1 and 5.Nf3 with idea d4-Bf4-Kf2-Rf1 and others interesting ideas.)

I remember I saw a little kid play a tournament game (the game was right next to mine) when they played those moves "systematically." The game went:
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh5+ 4. Kf1 Bc5?! 5. Nf3?? (5. d4! is better for white) Qf2#.

King's Gambit Accepted: 1.e4-e5; 2.f4-exf4 you have two options:
a) 3. Bc4 or b) 3. Nf3
a) 3. Bc4: or Bishop's gambit (Eco Code C33). It's a dangerous opening for white. Some variations:
3...Qh4?! (3...d5!=); 4.Kf1! (4.g3-fxg3; 5.Nf3-g2 and black win) with idea of Nf3-d4-g3 or Bxf4.
3...Nf6 or 3...d5 and the black are good.
This variations in: 1 e4 e5 2 f4 exf4 3 Bc4 Bishop's gambit

b) 3.Nf3: Eco Codes: C34 to C39. This move has many variations.
The Best Games of King's Gambit:
King's gambit: Falkbeer counter-gambit, Fischer, accepted, Cunningham, Abbazia, Allgaier and Kieseritsky