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King's Gambit Declined: Queen's Knight Defense
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1.e4e52.f4Nc6
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
King's Gambit Declined: Queen's Knight Defense10.0M games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
88%8.7M54%
4.4%439k53%
3.5%347k51%
1.2%122k38%
1.2%117k51%
0.4%35k51%
0.3%34k51%
0.2%16k48%
0%3.6k48%
Famous games in this line89 master games
Ivanchuk, Vassily (2754) – Nakamura, Hikaru (2733)Kamsky, Gata (2697) – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (2722)Kamsky, Gata (2697) – Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar (2722)Nepomniachtchi, I. (2773) – Ponkratov, P. (2635)Umansky, Mikhail Markovich (2670) – Timmerman, Gert Jan (2706)Petr, Martin (2495) – Navara, David (2707)Fier, Alexandr (2590) – Hammer, Jon Ludvig (2532)Nazari, Arad (2389) – Adhiban, Baskaran (2598)Heroes of this opening Kamsky, Gata · Ivanchuk, Vassily · Ponkratov, P. · Navara, David
- Family
- King's Gambit
- Category
- Gambit
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- C30
- Line
- 1. e4 e5 2. f4 Nc6
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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