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King's Gambit Declined: Petrov's Defense
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1.e4e52.f4Nf6
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King's Gambit Declined: Petrov's Defense1.0M games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
30%306k52%
23%233k53%
8.4%85k53%
0.6%5.9k39%
0.2%2.1k44%
0.1%1.5k47%
0.1%1.3k50%
0.1%88054%
Famous games in this line41 master games
Bronstein, David I (2590) – Kholmov, Ratmir D (2540)Bronstein, David I (2490) – Jussupow, Artur (2575)Spassky, Boris V (2650) – Pytel, Krzysztof (2405)Stocek, Jiri (2515) – Timoscenko, Gennadij (2515)Savchenko, Boris (2564) – Sergeyev, Alexander (2395)Belozerov, Andrei (2518) – Looshnikov, Nikolai (2437)Meister, Jakob (2487) – Looshnikov, Nikolai (2462)Huzman, Alexander (2435) – Yermolinsky, Alex (2425)Heroes of this opening Bronstein, David I · Spassky, Boris V · Savchenko, Boris
- Family
- King's Gambit
- Category
- Gambit
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- C30
- Line
- 1. e4 e5 2. f4 Nf6
GambitSharp
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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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