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C44

King's Pawn Game: Tayler Opening

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Overview

King's Pawn Game: Tayler Opening is a variation within the Open Games family, indexed as ECO C44.

The Open Games group covers open games — classical 1.e4 e5 openings where both sides contest the centre directly with pawns.

It begins with 7 plies and takes 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Be2 Nf6 4. d4 to reach the canonical position.

It is a variation of King's Pawn Game: Tayler Opening, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.

It continues primarily into one named line, Basman Gambit.

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ECO code
C44
Group
Open Games (C)
Plies
7
Parent
King's Pawn Game: Tayler Opening
Direct variations
1

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