Tree path 8 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 › Long Whip
King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky Gambit, Long Whip
Overview
King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky Gambit, Long Whip 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.
Play reaches this position via 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 h5, after 10 plies of opening development.
It is a variation of King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky Gambit, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.
It continues primarily into one named line, King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky, Long Whip Defense, Jaenisch Variation.
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- ECO code
- C39
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 10
- Direct variations
- 1
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