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Elephant Gambit: Maróczy Gambit

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1.e4e52.Nf3d53.exd5Bd6

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Elephant Gambit: Maróczy Gambit193k games · White to move

MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore

58k48%

38k48%

25k48%

24k43%

23k53%

14k49%

5.6k47%

2.5k45%

1.4k41%

1.0k46%

Famous games in this line48 master games

Howell, David (2519) – Williams, Simon Kim (2480)20071–0 Parligras, Mircea Emilian (2559) – Gunnarsson, Arnar (2437)20041–0 Short, Nigel D (2665) – Tucker, Alex (2220)19941–0 Kovacevic, Aleksandar (2536) – Krstic, Uros (2343)20061–0 Yu, Shaoteng (2517) – Haoyu, Li (2314)20011–0 Motwani, Paul (2490) – Rogers, Jonathan (2335)19891–0 Kotronias, Vasilios (2539) – Corbin, Philip (2246)20001–0 Afromeev, Vladimir (2556) – Smirnov, Alexander (2228)2005½–½

Heroes of this opening Howell, David · Parligras, Mircea Emilian · Short, Nigel D · Kovacevic, Aleksandar

Family: Elephant Gambit
Category: Gambit
First move: 1.e4
ECO: C40
Line: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5 Bd6

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