C33 · Gambit · a plan for White
King's Gambit Accepted: Mason-Keres Gambit
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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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1.e4e52.f4exf43.Nc3
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
King's Gambit Accepted: Mason-Keres Gambit67k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
Qh4+21%14k51%
g514%9.7k40%
d614%9.4k42%
Nc612%8.2k42%
Be79.3%6.3k48%
Nf66.9%4.6k39%
Bb44.6%3.1k42%
Bc53.6%2.4k40%
h63.3%2.2k42%
d53.1%2.1k47%
- Family
- King's Gambit
- Category
- Gambit
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- C33
- Line
- 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nc3
GambitSharp
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