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C40

Latvian Gambit Accepted: Bronstein Attack

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Overview

Latvian Gambit Accepted: Bronstein Attack belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO C40, 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 11 plies and takes 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nxe5 Qf6 4. d4 d6 5. Nc4 fxe4 6. Be2 to reach the canonical position.

The line refines Latvian Gambit Accepted: Bilguer Variation, which traces back to the root opening King's Pawn Game.

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ECO code
C40
Group
Open Games (C)
Plies
11
Parent
Latvian Gambit Accepted: Bilguer Variation

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