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Scotch Game: Alekhine Gambit

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Overview

Scotch Game: Alekhine Gambit belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO C45, 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.

Play reaches this position via 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. e5, after 9 plies of opening development.

The line refines Scotch Game: Schmidt Variation, which traces back to the root opening King's Pawn Game.

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ECO code
C45
Group
Open Games (C)
Plies
9
Parent
Scotch Game: Schmidt Variation

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Related variations at the same level

Sister lines that share the same parent Scotch Game: Schmidt Variation:

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