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King's Gambit Declined: Norwalde Variation, Schubert Variation

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1.e4e52.f4Qf63.Nc3Qxf44.d4
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
King's Gambit Declined: Norwalde Variation, Schubert Variation884 games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
51%44934%
35%31135%
5.2%462%
4.5%4013%
1.4%120%
0.6%520%
0.5%40%
0.5%40%
0.2%20%
0.2%250%
Famous games in this line4 master games
Spassky, Boris V (2565) – David, Alberto (2380)1993½–½Berthelot, Yannick (2320) – Bricard, Emmanuel (2375)19881–0Berthelot, Yannick (2330) – Buecker, Stefan (2335)19891–0Halasz, Tamas (2350) – Hector, Jonny (2295)19851–0
Heroes of this opening Berthelot, Yannick · Halasz, Tamas
Family
King's Gambit
Category
Gambit
First move
1.e4
ECO
C30
Line
1. e4 e5 2. f4 Qf6 3. Nc3 Qxf4 4. d4
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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