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King's Pawn Game: Wayward Queen Attack

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Overview

King's Pawn Game: Wayward Queen Attack is a variation within the Open Games family, indexed as ECO C20.

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. Qh5, after 3 plies of opening development.

It is a direct variation of King's Pawn Game.

It branches into 2 notable variations — Kiddie Countergambit, Mellon Gambit.

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ECO code
C20
Group
Open Games (C)
Plies
3
Parent
King's Pawn Game
Direct variations
2

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