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King's Gambit Declined: Classical Variation, Euwe Attack
Overview
King's Gambit Declined: Classical Variation, Euwe Attack 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.
It is reached after 11 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. c3 Bg4 5. fxe5 dxe5 6. Qa4+.
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
- 11
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