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King's Gambit Accepted: Hanstein Gambit
9/9
1.e4e52.f4exf43.Nf3g54.Bc4Bg75.O-O
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
King's Gambit Accepted: Hanstein Gambit235k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
50%117k58%
31%72k56%
9%21k56%
2.7%6.4k55%
2.4%5.7k54%
1.6%3.9k39%
0.9%2.1k37%
0.7%1.7k52%
0.7%1.6k47%
0.5%1.1k35%
Famous games in this line39 master games
Haimovich, Tal (2435) – Fressinet, Laurent (2626)Grabarczyk, Bogdan (2420) – Krasenkow, Michal (2610)Sulskis, S. (2550) – Beinoras, M. (2402)Ponkratov, Pavel (2469) – Rakhmanov, Alexander (2473)Hynes, Wayne (2452) – Bendaña Guerrero, Dr. Guy José (2448)Jonkman, Harmen (2340) – Hansen, Lars Bo (2545)Hynes, Wayne (2452) – Barreras García, Alberto (2401)Zelic, Mladen (2305) – Sulava, Nenad (2540)Heroes of this opening Fressinet, Laurent · Ponkratov, Pavel · Bendaña Guerrero, Dr. Guy José · Hansen, Lars Bo
- Family
- King's Gambit
- Category
- Gambit
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- C38
- Line
- 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. O-O
GambitSharp
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For three centuries the King's Gambit was the main line of attacking chess. Anderssen's Immortal Game — London, 1851, played casually alongside the tournament — opens 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 and gives up a bishop, both rooks and the queen. Then Fischer, after losing to Spassky's at Mar del Plata in 1960, published 'A Bust to the King's Gambit' in 1961. It has never been the same — and it still wins miniatures every day.
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