Tree path 5 levels King's Pawn Game › Scandinavian Defense › Mieses-Kotroc Variation › Scandinavian Defense: Main Line › Leonhardt Gambit
- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game B00
- Scandinavian Defense B01
- Mieses-Kotroc Variation B01
- Scandinavian Defense: Main Line B01
- Leonhardt Gambit B01 you are here
Scandinavian Defense: Main Line, Leonhardt Gambit
Overview
Scandinavian Defense: Main Line, Leonhardt 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 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. b4, after 7 plies of opening development.
It is a variation of Scandinavian Defense: Main Line, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.
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- ECO code
- B01
- Group
- Semi-Open Games (B)
- Plies
- 7
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