Tree path 4 levels King's Pawn Game › King's Gambit › King's Gambit Declined: Classical Variation › Walthoffen Attack
- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game C20
- King's Gambit C30
- King's Gambit Declined: Classical Variation C30
- Walthoffen Attack C30 you are here
King's Gambit Declined: Classical Variation, Walthoffen Attack
Overview
King's Gambit Declined: Classical Variation, Walthoffen 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 begins with 5 plies and takes 1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Qh5 to reach the canonical position.
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
- 5
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