Tree path 7 levels King's Pawn Game › King's Gambit › King's Gambit Accepted › King's Knight's Gambit › King's Gambit Accepted: Modern Defense › King's Gambit Accepted: Modern Defense › King's Gambit Accepted: Abbazia Defense
C36

King's Gambit Accepted: Abbazia Defense

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Overview

King's Gambit Accepted: Abbazia Defense is a gambit, classified under ECO code C36 within the Open Games family. As with all gambits, one side sacrifices material early — usually a pawn — in exchange for development, open lines, or initiative.

The Open Games group covers open games — classical 1.e4 e5 openings where both sides contest the centre directly with pawns.

It begins with 8 plies and takes 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 to reach the canonical position.

It is a variation of King's Gambit Accepted: Modern Defense, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.

It continues primarily into one named line, Main Line.

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ECO code
C36
Group
Open Games (C)
Plies
8
Parent
King's Gambit Accepted: Modern Defense
Direct variations
1

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Variations (1)