Tree path 9 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, Urusov Attack
- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game C20
- King's Gambit C30
- King's Gambit Accepted C33
- King's Knight's Gambit C34
- King's Gambit Accepted: King's Knight's Gambit C34
- King's Gambit Accepted: King's Knight's Gambit C39
- King's Gambit Accepted: Allgaier Gambit C39
- King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky Gambit, Cotter Gambit C39
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King's Gambit Accepted: Allgaier Gambit, Urusov Attack
Overview
King's Gambit Accepted: Allgaier Gambit, Urusov Attack is a sacrificial opening line filed under ECO C39 in the Open Games group. The defining idea is the early concession of material to seize the initiative and unbalance the position.
The Open Games group covers open games — classical 1.e4 e5 openings where both sides contest the centre directly with pawns.
The line arises from 13 plies — specifically the moves 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ng5 h6 6. Nxf7 Kxf7 7. Bc4+.
In the opening tree, this line branches off from King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky Gambit, Cotter Gambit, part of the broader King's Pawn Game system.
It continues primarily into one named line, King's Gambit Accepted: Allgaier, Urusov Attack.
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- ECO code
- C39
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 13
- Direct variations
- 1
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