user885: The Allgaier, Horny Defense in the King's Gambit is given by the sequence:
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1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ng5 h6 6. Nxf7 Kxf7 7. Qxg4 Nf6 8. Qxf4 Bd6

I'm a King's Gambit player, and I'm rated 1650 USCF, although I'm tactically much, much stronger (my biggest weakness is not knowing theory). This is a defense that my computer often plays against me (and assesses the position after the opening moves as +2 advantage for black, which doesn't seem reasonable to me), and I don't know how to deal with it. Any strategic/positional ideas that I should be aware of? I would also like to know how you guys would deal with the annoying
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1.e4 e5 2.f4 Qh4+ 3.g3 Qe7

as white. What kind of strategy should white adapt there?
Please don't berate my opening choice, and refrain from telling me to read up on theory. While that is a good idea, I am more interested in strategic ideas of this variation of the King's Gambit.

user70: If you type your moves into Google it will actually find games that open that way.  It's quite cool. I use the move numbers as well as the actual moves.  Basically, a copy-paste of the first few moves.  Your game seems to be a ECO "C30".
For your Qh4+ question, I get this link.
The gist is you get this continuation:


[fen ""]
1. e4 e5 2. f4 Qh4+ 3. g3 Qe7 4. fxe5 d6 5. exd6 Qxe4+ 6. Qe2
Qxe2+ 7. Nxe2 Bxd6 


And you really don't have a lot to worry about.  In the games in the link above, White developed easily, Black's pawn structure was smashed, and White won pretty easy endgames.

885: <p>The <a href="http://www.365chess.com/eco/C39_King%27s_Gambit_Accepted,_Allgaier,_Horny_defence">Allgaier, Horny Defense</a> in the King's Gambit is given by the sequence:</p>

<pre><code>[FEN ""]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ng5 h6 6. Nxf7 Kxf7 7. Qxg4 Nf6 8. Qxf4 Bd6
</code></pre>

<p>I'm a King's Gambit player, and I'm rated 1650 USCF, although I'm tactically much, much stronger (my biggest weakness is not knowing theory). This is a defense that my computer often plays against me (and assesses the position after the opening moves as +2 advantage for black, which doesn't seem reasonable to me), and I don't know how to deal with it. Any strategic/positional ideas that I should be aware of? I would also like to know how you guys would deal with the annoying</p>

<pre><code>[FEN ""]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 Qh4+ 3.g3 Qe7
</code></pre>

<p>as white. What kind of strategy should white adapt there?</p>

<p>Please don't berate my opening choice, and refrain from telling me to read up on theory. While that is a good idea, I am more interested in strategic ideas of this variation of the King's Gambit.</p>
 70: <p>If you type your moves into Google it will actually find games that open that way.  It's quite cool. I use the move numbers as well as the actual moves.  Basically, a copy-paste of the first few moves.  Your game seems to be a ECO "C30".</p>

<p>For your Qh4+ question, I get <a href="http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chess.pl?result=1-0&amp;gamekey=Qe2Qe7e4Qh4exd6Qxe2f4Qxe4fxe5d6g3e5/Nxe2Bxd6&amp;notkey=Qe2Qe7e4Qh4exd6Qxe2f4Qxe4fxe5d6g3e5/xxx&amp;title=1.%20e4%20e5%202.%20f4%20Qh4%20%203.%20g3%20Qe7%204.%20fxe5%20d6%205.%20exd6%20Qxe4%20%206.%20Qe2%20Qxe2%20%207.%20Nxe2%20Bxd6%20" rel="nofollow">this link</a>.</p>

<p>The gist is you get this continuation:</p>

<pre>
<code>
[fen ""]
1. e4 e5 2. f4 Qh4+ 3. g3 Qe7 4. fxe5 d6 5. exd6 Qxe4+ 6. Qe2
Qxe2+ 7. Nxe2 Bxd6 
</code>
</pre>

<p>And you really don't have a lot to worry about.  In the games in the link above, White developed easily, Black's pawn structure was smashed, and White won pretty easy endgames.</p>
