Tree path 3 levels King's Pawn Game › King's Knight Opening › Elephant Gambit
- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game C20
- King's Knight Opening C40
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Elephant Gambit
Overview
Elephant Gambit belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO C40, 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 Open Games group covers open games — classical 1.e4 e5 openings where both sides contest the centre directly with pawns.
The line arises from 4 plies — specifically the moves 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d5.
The line refines King's Knight Opening, which traces back to the root opening King's Pawn Game.
The line splits into 3 documented sub-systems: Maróczy Gambit, Paulsen Countergambit, Wasp Variation.
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- ECO code
- C40
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 4
- Parent
- King's Knight Opening
- Direct variations
- 3
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