C36 · Gambit · a plan for White

King's Gambit Accepted: Abbazia Defense

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1.e4e52.f4exf43.Nf3d54.exd5Nf6
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
King's Gambit Accepted: Abbazia Defense837k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
33%279k49%
22%181k45%
18%154k48%
17%141k49%
6.5%54k50%
1.7%14k49%
0.8%6.8k36%
0.2%1.8k38%
0.1%1.2k44%
0.1%1.2k36%
Famous games in this line639 master games
Carlsen, M. (2876) – Aronian, L. (2780)2015½–½Carlsen, Magnus (2813) – Wang, Yue (2752)20101–0Nakamura, Hikaru (2775) – Tomashevsky, Evgeny (2738)2012½–½Nakamura, Hikaru (2758) – Adams, Michael (2734)20111–0Nepomniachtchi, I. (2792) – Niemann, Hans Moke (2687)20220–1Carlsen, Magnus (2837) – Chadaev, Nikolay (2580)20121–0Rapport, R. (2736) – Gelfand, B. (2676)2019½–½Rapport, R. (2671) – Adams, Mi (2740)2015½–½
Heroes of this opening Carlsen, Magnus · Nakamura, Hikaru · Niemann, Hans Moke
Family
King's Gambit
Category
Gambit
First move
1.e4
ECO
C36
Line
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6
GambitSharp
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Go deeper — named lines from here
King's Gambit Accepted: Abbazia Defense, Main LineC36 5.Bb5 c6 6.dxc6 bxc6 7.Bc4 Nd5
Nearby lines in the family
King's Gambit Accepted: Blachly GambitC37 3…Nc6 4.Bc4 g5King's Gambit Accepted: Traditional VariationC38 3…g5 4.Bc4 Bg7King's Gambit Declined: Hobbs-Zilbermints GambitC30 2…Nc6 3.Nf3 g5 4.fxg5 h6
From the archives

For three centuries chess WAS the King's Gambit — Anderssen's Immortal Game (1851), sacrificing both rooks and the queen, opens 1.e4 e5 2.f4. Then Fischer, furious after losing to Spassky's, published 'A Bust to the King's Gambit' (1961). It's never been the same — and it still wins miniatures every day.

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