King's Gambit
White offers a pawn on move two for quick development and an attack on the f-file.
After 1.e4 e5 2.f4, White offers the f-pawn. If Black takes, White gets the centre and an open file towards Black’s king, at the cost of weakening their own.
A classic example of trading material for time.
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- Lesson: A map of the openings