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: Kieseritzky Gambit › Brentano Defense › King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky Gambit, Brentano Defense › Caro Variation

C39

King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky Gambit, Brentano Defense, Caro Variation

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Overview

King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky Gambit, Brentano Defense, Caro 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 15 plies and takes 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 d5 6. d4 Nf6 7. Bxf4 Nxe4 8. Nd2 to reach the canonical position.

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

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ECO code: C39
Group: Open Games (C)
Plies: 15
Parent: King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky Gambit, Brentano Defense

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