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: Rosentreter Gambit › King's Gambit Accepted: Sörensen Gambit › King's Gambit Accepted: Rosentreter Gambit, Bird Gambit
- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game C20
- King's Gambit C30
- King's Gambit Accepted C33
- King's Knight's Gambit C34
- King's Gambit Accepted: King's Knight's Gambit C34
- King's Gambit Accepted: Rosentreter Gambit C37
- King's Gambit Accepted: Sörensen Gambit C37
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King's Gambit Accepted: Rosentreter Gambit, Bird Gambit
Overview
King's Gambit Accepted: Rosentreter Gambit, Bird Gambit is a gambit, classified under ECO code C37 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. d4 g4 5. Ne5 Qh4+ 6. g3, after 11 plies of opening development.
It is a variation of King's Gambit Accepted: Sörensen Gambit, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.
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- ECO code
- C37
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 11
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