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King's Gambit Declined: Classical Variation
Overview
King's Gambit Declined: Classical Variation is a gambit, classified under ECO code C30 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 Bc5, after 4 plies of opening development.
It is a variation of King's Gambit, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.
It is the root of 6 named variations, with King's Gambit Declined: Classical Variation, Rotlewi Countergambit, Walthoffen Attack, and others among the most studied.
In total, the branch covers 9 sub-variations across all depths.
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- ECO code
- C30
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 4
- Parent
- King's Gambit
- Direct variations
- 6
- Total in subtree
- 9
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Variations (6)
Show all 9 sub-variations (full subtree)
- C30 King's Gambit Declined: Classical Variation 7-ply
- C30 Rotlewi Countergambit 7-ply
- C30 Walthoffen Attack 5-ply
- C30 King's Gambit Declined: Classical, Hanham Variation 8-ply
- C30 King's Gambit Declined: Classical, Soldatenkov Variation 7-ply
- C30 King's Gambit Declined: Senechaud Countergambit 6-ply
- C30 Euwe Attack 11-ply
- C30 Rubinstein Countergambit 8-ply
- C30 King's Gambit Declined: Classical, Réti Variation 13-ply