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Bishop's Opening: McDonnell Gambit, La Bourdonnais-Denker Gambit

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1.e4e52.Bc4Bc53.b4Bxb44.c3
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Bishop's Opening: McDonnell Gambit, La Bourdonnais-Denker Gambit12k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
53%6.6k42%
25%3.1k49%
17%2.1k48%
5.3%66145%
0.6%7336%
0%560%
0%333%
0%10%
0%10%
0%10%
Famous games in this line1 master games
Kurenkov, Nikolai (2393) – Tishin, Petr (2502)20031–0
Family
Bishop's Opening
Category
Open
First move
1.e4
ECO
C23
Line
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. b4 Bxb4 4. c3
GambitClassical
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