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C33

King's Gambit Accepted: Lopez-Gianutio Countergambit, Hein Variation

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Overview

King's Gambit Accepted: Lopez-Gianutio Countergambit, Hein Variation belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO C33, Open Games). It trades material for attacking chances — a classic trade-off that has fascinated players from the Romantic era to modern correspondence chess.

The Open Games group covers open games — classical 1.e4 e5 openings where both sides contest the centre directly with pawns.

It begins with 12 plies and takes 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 f5 4. Qe2 Qh4+ 5. Kd1 fxe4 6. Nc3 Kd8 to reach the canonical position.

The line refines King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Gianutio Gambit, which traces back to the root opening King's Pawn Game.

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ECO code
C33
Group
Open Games (C)
Plies
12
Parent
King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Gianutio Gambit

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