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Tree path 10 levels King's Pawn Game › King's Gambit › King's Gambit Accepted › King's Knight's Gambit › King's Gambit Accepted: King's Knight's Gambit › King's Gambit Accepted: King's Knight's Gambit › King's Gambit Accepted: Allgaier Gambit › King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky Gambit, Cotter Gambit › King's Gambit Accepted: Allgaier Gambit, Thorold Attack › King's Gambit Accepted: Allgaier, Cook Variation
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  2. King's Pawn Game C20
  3. King's Gambit C30
  4. King's Gambit Accepted C33
  5. King's Knight's Gambit C34
  6. King's Gambit Accepted: King's Knight's Gambit C34
  7. King's Gambit Accepted: King's Knight's Gambit C39
  8. King's Gambit Accepted: Allgaier Gambit C39
  9. King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky Gambit, Cotter Gambit C39
  10. King's Gambit Accepted: Allgaier Gambit, Thorold Attack C39
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C39

King's Gambit Accepted: Allgaier, Cook Variation

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Overview

King's Gambit Accepted: Allgaier, Cook Variation is a gambit, classified under ECO code C39 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 19 plies and takes 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ng5 h6 6. Nxf7 Kxf7 7. d4 d5 8. Bxf4 dxe4 9. Bc4+ Kg7 10. Be5+ to reach the canonical position.

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

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ECO code
C39
Group
Open Games (C)
Plies
19
Parent
King's Gambit Accepted: Allgaier Gambit, Thorold Attack

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