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King's Gambit Declined: Classical Variation, Rotlewi Countergambit

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1.e4e52.f4Bc53.Nf3d64.b4
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King's Gambit Declined: Classical Variation, Rotlewi Countergambit8.3k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
53%4.4k49%
46%3.8k56%
0.4%3644%
0.3%2121%
0.2%157%
0.1%1141%
0%450%
0%1100%
0%10%
0%10%
Famous games in this line11 master games
Berg, Emanuel (2474) – Hector, Jonny (2546)20010–1Hector, Jonny (2500) – Smyslov, Vassily (2500)19970–1Dubinsky, Roman (2320) – Karpatchev, Aleksandr (2570)19981–0Westerinen, Heikki MJ (2410) – Sepp, Olav (2400)19981–0Plenkovic, Z. (2357) – Biti, O. (2284)20240–1Arnaudov, Petar (2245) – Safin, Shukhrat (2365)19890–1Johnston, Dafydd (2212) – Cobb, James (2351)20010–1Armbrust, Florian (2234) – Staller, Peter (2307)20031–0
Heroes of this opening Hector, Jonny · Smyslov, Vassily · Dubinsky, Roman · Westerinen, Heikki MJ
Family
King's Gambit
Category
Gambit
First move
1.e4
ECO
C30
Line
1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. b4
GambitSharp
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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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