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- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game B00
- Sicilian Defense B20
- Sicilian Defense B27
- Brussels Gambit B27 you are here
Sicilian Defense: Brussels Gambit
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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