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A20

English Opening: King's English Variation, Kahiko-Hula Gambit

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Overview

English Opening: King's English Variation, Kahiko-Hula Gambit belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO A20, 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.

It begins with 7 plies and takes 1. c4 e5 2. e3 Nf6 3. f4 exf4 4. Nf3 to reach the canonical position.

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

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ECO code
A20
Group
Flank Openings (A)
Plies
7
Parent
English Opening: King's English Variation

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