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B03

Alekhine Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Cambridge Gambit

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Overview

Alekhine Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Cambridge Gambit belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO B03, Semi-Open Games). It trades material for attacking chances — a classic trade-off that has fascinated players from the Romantic era to modern correspondence chess.

The Semi-Open Games group covers semi-open games — replies to 1.e4 where Black declines the symmetrical 1…e5 in favour of an asymmetric pawn structure.

It is reached after 10 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 g5.

The line refines Alekhine Defense: Four Pawns Attack, which traces back to the root opening King's Pawn Game.

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ECO code
B03
Group
Semi-Open Games (B)
Plies
10
Parent
Alekhine Defense: Four Pawns Attack

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