Goring Refused

When black refuses the gambit a good idea is play d5, because after this push black blocks the diagonal to attack f7 and white is forced to take the pawn and we will reach a position in which has a strong center but with an isolated pawn

[fen csl=Gd4 cal=Gb1c3,Gf1e2,Ge1g1,Rc8g4,Rf8b4]r1b1kbnr/ppp2ppp/2n5/3q4/3P4/5N2/PP3PPP/RNBQKB1R b KQkq – 0 1[/fen]

About this variation , I share a game played by Velimirovic in 1974 against Toth, I think the endgame is very interesting

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[Event “Nice ol (Men) qual-C”]
[Site “Nice”]
[Date “1974.06.07”]
[Round “1”]
[White “Velimirovic, Dragoljub”]
[Black “Toth, Bela”]
[Result “1-0”]
[ECO “C44”]
[WhiteElo “2530”]
[BlackElo “2385”]
[PlyCount “89”]
[EventDate “1974.06.07”]
[EventType “team-tourn”]
[EventRounds “9”]
[EventCountry “FRA”]
[Source “ChessBase”]
[SourceDate “1999.11.16”]
[WhiteTeam “Yugoslavia”]
[BlackTeam “Italy”]
[WhiteTeamCountry “YUG”]
[BlackTeamCountry “ITA”]

1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. c3 d5 5. exd5 Qxd5 6. cxd4 Bg4 7. Be2 Bb4+ 8.
Nc3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Qc4 10. Qb3 Qxb3 11. axb3 Nxd4 12. Bxb7 Nc2+ 13. Ke2 Nxa1 14.
Bc6+ Kf8 15. Bxa8 Nxb3 16. Be3 Nf6 17. Nd5 Bd6 18. Nxf6 gxf6 19. Bd5 Nc5 20.
Ra1 Ke7 21. Rxa7 Rb8 22. Ra2 f5 23. g3 Ne6 24. f4 Nc5 25. Bd4 Ne4 26. Ra5 Rb4
27. Kd3 c5 28. Ra7+ Kd8 29. Bc3 Nxc3 30. bxc3 Rb2 31. h4 Be7 32. Kc4 Rb1 33.
Bxf7 Rg1 34. Kd5 Rxg3 35. Kc6 Bxh4 36. Rd7+ Kc8 37. Be6 Rg6 38. Kd5 Kb8 39.
Rxh7 Bg3 40. Bxf5 Rg8 41. Be6 Rd8+ 42. Ke4 c4 43. f5 Rd3 44. f6 Bd6 45. Rd7 1-0

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In the fifth video of the series, we see what to do when black castle queen’s side.

[fen csl=Rd4 cal=Rd8d4,Rc6d4,Gc1e3,Gb1c3,Ge1g1,Gh2h3]2kr1bnr/ppp2ppp/2n5/3q4/3P2b1/5N2/PP2BPPP/RNBQK2R w KQkq – 0 1[/fen]

In the sixth video let’s see what do against Bb4

[fen]r3k1nr/ppp2ppp/2n5/8/1bqP4/2N2B2/PP3PPP/R1BQK2R w KQkq – 0 1[/fen]

In the seventh video we focus the attention about the position

[fen]r4rk1/ppp2ppp/2n2n2/3q4/3P2b1/2P2N2/P3BPPP/R1BQ1RK1 w KQkq – 0 1[/fen]

Another way to refuse the gambit is play 4..Nf6.

[fen csl=Rf6 cal=Rf6e4]r1bqkb1r/pppp1ppp/2n2n2/8/3pP3/2P2N2/PP3PPP/RNBQKB1R w KQkq – 0 1[/fen]

About it I made the video #8 and #9

Another option that I considered is 4..d3

[fen cal=Gd4d3]r1bqkbnr/pppp1ppp/2n5/8/4P3/2Pp1N2/PP3PPP/RNBQKB1R w KQkq – 0 1[/fen]