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C44

Scotch Game: Göring Gambit, Bardeleben Variation

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Overview

Scotch Game: Göring Gambit, Bardeleben Variation belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO C44, 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.

The line arises from 12 plies — specifically the moves 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 dxc3 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. Nxc3 Bb4.

The line refines Scotch Game: Göring Gambit, Double Pawn Sacrifice, which traces back to the root opening King's Pawn Game.

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ECO code
C44
Group
Open Games (C)
Plies
12
Parent
Scotch Game: Göring Gambit, Double Pawn Sacrifice

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