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A22

English Opening: King's English, Erbenheimer Gambit

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Overview

English Opening: King's English, Erbenheimer Gambit belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO A22, Flank Openings). It trades material for attacking chances — a classic trade-off that has fascinated players from the Romantic era to modern correspondence chess.

The Flank Openings group covers flank openings — systems that delay the central pawn break and instead develop pieces and pawns on the wings.

Play reaches this position via 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 e4 4. Ng5 Ng4, after 8 plies of opening development.

The line refines English Opening: King's English Variation, Two Knights Variation, which traces back to the root opening English Opening.

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ECO code
A22
Group
Flank Openings (A)
Plies
8
Parent
English Opening: King's English Variation, Two Knights Variation

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