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- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game C20
- Center Game C20
- Center Game Accepted C21
- Danish Gambit C21
- Danish Gambit Accepted C21
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Danish Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense
Overview
Danish Gambit Accepted: Classical Defense 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.
Play reaches this position via 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Bc4 cxb2 5. Bxb2 Nf6, after 10 plies of opening development.
It is a variation of Danish Gambit Accepted, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.
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- ECO code
- C21
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 10
- Parent
- Danish Gambit Accepted
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