C30 · Gambit · a plan for White
King's Gambit Declined: Senechaud Countergambit
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1.e4e52.f4Bc53.Nf3g5
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King's Gambit Declined: Senechaud Countergambit407 games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
33%13372%
27%11167%
14%5652%
12%5065%
6.4%2663%
2.7%1173%
2.2%967%
1.2%560%
0.7%30%
0.2%1100%
- Family
- King's Gambit
- Category
- Gambit
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- C30
- Line
- 1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 g5
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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