Tree path 6 levels King's Pawn Game › Center Game › Center Game Accepted › Center Game: Kieseritzky Variation › Center Game: Lanc-Arnold Gambit › Schippler Gambit
- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game C20
- Center Game C20
- Center Game Accepted C21
- Center Game: Kieseritzky Variation C21
- Center Game: Lanc-Arnold Gambit C21
- Schippler Gambit C21 you are here
Center Game: Lanc-Arnold Gambit, Schippler Gambit
Overview
Center Game: Lanc-Arnold Gambit, Schippler Gambit is a gambit, classified under ECO code C21 within the Open Games family. As with all gambits, one side sacrifices material early — usually a pawn — in exchange for development, open lines, or initiative.
The Open Games group covers open games — classical 1.e4 e5 openings where both sides contest the centre directly with pawns.
It is reached after 9 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. Nf3 Bc5 4. c3 dxc3 5. Bc4.
It is a variation of Center Game: Lanc-Arnold Gambit, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.
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- ECO code
- C21
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 9
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