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The legitimate result of which is a lost game for the first player, Instead of being regarded as a brilliant but hazardous debut, Have undergone a complete revolution on the subject, and that, The result has been that the opinions of the Chess world Has received more attention of late years than the King's Bishop's In the whole range of openings there is perhaps none which In 1860 Howard Staunton is still echoing those same sentiments: This Gambit carefully, and to play it frequently: next to the Muzio, theīishop's Gambit is one of the most brilliant and interesting of games. Opinion, that, let the second player try what defence he may, White This opening was, formerly, thought hazardous for the first player īut is now generally considered as a safe game indeed, it is my own Walker, in his New Treatise on Chess," was still proclaiming that the Bishops Gambit wasn't as shaky as previously held: Is now thought quite as safe as playing K. Of late years, been more studied and played, and the move of the bishop chiefly because it allows the Black toĬheck the king and compel him to move this game has, however, His move of the Bishop (3.Bc4) has usually been considered much

In 1813 William Lewis wrote about the gambit's solidness: Although the evaluation of the opening wasn't universal, some theorists felt the Bishop's Gambit itself was too risky for White and probably losing with best play, as opposed to the King's Knight Gambit which was considered more solid, yet other felt the opening was just fine. While less players today consider this early Queen foray the optimal way for Black to respond even though it ruins White's chances to castle, up until around 1900, this was considered by the majority as Black's best response. How the 19th century players viewed the King's Bishop's Gambit Like the King's Gambit itself, it's meant to be fun. It's not designed to be a suggestive nor a theoretical treatise. This short presentation is designed to be a sort of macroscopic, developmental look at the King's Bishop's Gambit from an historic vantage point.