Tree path 5 levels King's Pawn Game › King's Gambit › King's Gambit Accepted › King's Knight's Gambit › King's Gambit Accepted: MacLeod Defense
- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game C20
- King's Gambit C30
- King's Gambit Accepted C33
- King's Knight's Gambit C34
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King's Gambit Accepted: MacLeod Defense
Overview
King's Gambit Accepted: MacLeod Defense is a sacrificial opening line filed under ECO C34 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.
It begins with 6 plies and takes 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nc6 to reach the canonical position.
In the opening tree, this line branches off from King's Gambit Accepted: King's Knight's Gambit, part of the broader King's Pawn Game system.
2 named variations grow from this line, including King's Gambit Accepted: Blachly Gambit, Vienna Gambit, with Max Lange Defense: Hamppe-Allgaier Gambit, Thorold Variation.
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- ECO code
- C34
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 6
- Direct variations
- 2
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