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King's Gambit Declined: Classical, Soldatenkov Variation

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Overview

King's Gambit Declined: Classical, Soldatenkov Variation belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO C30, 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.

Play reaches this position via 1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. fxe5, after 7 plies of opening development.

The line refines King's Gambit Declined: Classical Variation, which traces back to the root opening King's Pawn Game.

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ECO code
C30
Group
Open Games (C)
Plies
7
Parent
King's Gambit Declined: Classical Variation

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