Tree path 3 levels Queen's Pawn Game › Indian Defense › Gibbins-Weidenhagen Gambit
- Chess Codex
- Queen's Pawn Game A40
- Indian Defense A45
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Indian Defense: Gibbins-Weidenhagen Gambit
Overview
Indian Defense: Gibbins-Weidenhagen Gambit belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO A45, 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 3 plies and takes 1. d4 Nf6 2. g4 to reach the canonical position.
The line refines Indian Defense, which traces back to the root opening Queen's Pawn Game.
The line splits into 2 documented sub-systems: Indian Defense: Gibbins-Weidenhagen Gambit Accepted, Oshima Defense.
Together the deeper variations number 4 across the full subtree.
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- ECO code
- A45
- Group
- Flank Openings (A)
- Plies
- 3
- Parent
- Indian Defense
- Direct variations
- 2
- Total in subtree
- 4
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