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King's Gambit Declined: Norwalde Variation
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1.e4e52.f4Qf6
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
King's Gambit Declined: Norwalde Variation204k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
68%140k60%
15%31k60%
6.1%12k51%
5%10k56%
2.4%4.9k67%
1.2%2.5k62%
1.2%2.4k59%
0.4%83355%
0.1%22945%
0%5850%
Famous games in this line9 master games
Reinderman, Dimitri (2415) – Piket, Jeroen (2590)Spassky, Boris V (2565) – David, Alberto (2380)Sanchez Almeyra, Jorge (2425) – Lugo, Blas (2415)Berthelot, Yannick (2320) – Bricard, Emmanuel (2375)Berthelot, Yannick (2330) – Buecker, Stefan (2335)Daverkausen, Bernd (2285) – Heil, Siegfried (2370)Halasz, Tamas (2350) – Hector, Jonny (2295)Strowsky, Yannick (2215) – Beckemeier, Werner (2400)Heroes of this opening Berthelot, Yannick · Reinderman, Dimitri · Sanchez Almeyra, Jorge · Heil, Siegfried
- Family
- King's Gambit
- Category
- Gambit
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- C30
- Line
- 1. e4 e5 2. f4 Qf6
GambitSharp
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King's Gambit Declined: Norwalde Variation, Schubert Variation3.Nc3 Qxf4 4.d4King's Gambit Declined: Norwalde Variation, Bücker Gambit3.Nc3 Qxf4 4.Nf3 Bb4 5.Bc4
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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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