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King's Gambit Declined: Classical Variation
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1.e4e52.f4Bc5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
King's Gambit Declined: Classical Variation1.8M games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
92%1.7M50%
2.7%49k38%
1.2%22k48%
0.7%13k52%
0.4%7.1k47%
0.2%3.9k47%
0.2%3.0k34%
0.1%1.4k53%
Famous games in this line518 master games
Gabrielian, Artur (2545) – Azarov, Sergei (2667)Fedorov, Alexei (2646) – Marin, Mihail (2557)Short, Nigel D (2682) – Zhu, Chen (2505)Savchenko, B. (2562) – Kobalia, M. (2620)Huschenbeth, N. (2532) – Azarov, S. (2635)Pridorozhni, Aleksei (2512) – Tkachiev, Vladislav (2649)Arnason, Jon L (2550) – Sokolov, Ivan (2580)Mista, Aleksander (2537) – Azarov, Sergei (2585)Heroes of this opening Azarov, Sergei · Short, Nigel D · Savchenko, B. · Huschenbeth, N.
- Family
- King's Gambit
- Category
- Gambit
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- C30
- Line
- 1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5
GambitSharp
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Go deeper — named lines from here
King's Gambit Declined: Classical Variation, Walthoffen Attack3.Qh5King's Gambit Declined: Senechaud Countergambit3.Nf3 g5King's Gambit Declined: Classical, Soldatenkov Variation3.Nf3 d6 4.fxe5King's Gambit Declined: Classical Variation, Rotlewi Countergambit3.Nf3 d6 4.b4
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From the archives
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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