Tree path 4 levels Queen's Pawn Game › Indian Defense › Gibbins-Weidenhagen Gambit › Indian Defense: Gibbins-Weidenhagen Gambit Accepted
- Chess Codex
- Queen's Pawn Game A40
- Indian Defense A45
- Gibbins-Weidenhagen Gambit A45
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Indian Defense: Gibbins-Weidenhagen Gambit Accepted
Overview
Indian Defense: Gibbins-Weidenhagen Gambit Accepted is a gambit, classified under ECO code A45 within the Flank Openings family. As with all gambits, one side sacrifices material early — usually a pawn — in exchange for development, open lines, or initiative.
The Flank Openings group covers flank openings — systems that delay the central pawn break and instead develop pieces and pawns on the wings.
It is reached after 4 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. d4 Nf6 2. g4 Nxg4.
It is a variation of Indian Defense: Gibbins-Weidenhagen Gambit, which itself descends from the root opening Queen's Pawn Game.
It branches into 2 notable variations — Indian Defense: Gibbins-Weidenhagen Gambit, Maltese Falcon, Indian Defense: Gibbins-Weidenhagen Gambit, Stummer Gambit.
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- ECO code
- A45
- Group
- Flank Openings (A)
- Plies
- 4
- Direct variations
- 2
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