C30 · Gambit · a plan for White

King's Gambit Declined: Panteldakis Countergambit, Schiller's Defense

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1.e4e52.f4f53.exf5Bc5
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King's Gambit Declined: Panteldakis Countergambit, Schiller's Defense2.0k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
59%1.2k63%
28%56049%
8.5%17044%
1%2169%
0.7%1450%
0.6%1358%
0.6%1362%
0.6%1354%
0.4%875%
0.2%450%
Category
Gambit
First move
1.e4
ECO
C30
Line
1. e4 e5 2. f4 f5 3. exf5 Bc5
GambitSharp
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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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