Tree path 3 levels King's Pawn Game › Scandinavian Defense › Blackburne-Kloosterboer Gambit
- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game B00
- Scandinavian Defense B01
- Blackburne-Kloosterboer Gambit B01 you are here
Scandinavian Defense: Blackburne-Kloosterboer Gambit
Overview
Scandinavian Defense: Blackburne-Kloosterboer Gambit is a gambit, classified under ECO code B01 within the Semi-Open Games family. As with all gambits, one side sacrifices material early — usually a pawn — in exchange for development, open lines, or initiative.
The Semi-Open Games group covers semi-open games — replies to 1.e4 where Black declines the symmetrical 1…e5 in favour of an asymmetric pawn structure.
Play reaches this position via 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 c6, after 4 plies of opening development.
It is a variation of Scandinavian Defense, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.
It branches into 2 notable variations — Scandinavian Defense: Blackburne Gambit, Scandinavian Defense: Kloosterboer Gambit.
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- ECO code
- B01
- Group
- Semi-Open Games (B)
- Plies
- 4
- Parent
- Scandinavian Defense
- Direct variations
- 2
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