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B27

Sicilian Defense: Brussels Gambit

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Overview

Sicilian Defense: Brussels Gambit belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO B27, Semi-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 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.

The line arises from 4 plies — specifically the moves 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 f5.

The line refines Sicilian Defense, which traces back to the root opening King's Pawn Game.

It continues primarily into one named line, Sicilian Defense: Double-Dutch Gambit.

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ECO code
B27
Group
Semi-Open Games (B)
Plies
4
Parent
Sicilian Defense
Direct variations
1

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Variations (1)