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Tree path 11 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 › Berlin Defense › King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky Gambit, Anderssen Defense › King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky, Rice Gambit › King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky Gambit, Rice Gambit
  1. Chess Codex
  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: Kieseritzky Gambit C39
  9. Berlin Defense C39
  10. King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky Gambit, Anderssen Defense C39
  11. King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky, Rice Gambit C39
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C39

King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky Gambit, Rice Gambit

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Overview

King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky Gambit, Rice Gambit 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.

Play reaches this position via 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Nf6 6. Bc4 d5 7. exd5 Bd6 8. O-O Bxe5, after 16 plies of opening development.

In the opening tree, this line branches off from King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky, Rice Gambit, part of the broader King's Pawn Game system.

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ECO code
C39
Group
Open Games (C)
Plies
16
Parent
King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky, Rice Gambit

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