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rather than keeping the extra pawn. It has been recommended by several publications as an easy way to equalize, although White's extra central pawn and piece activity gives a slight advantage. If White captures (4.exd5) then Black may play 4...Nf6 or recapture with 4...Qxd5, at which point it becomes
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The
Classical Variation arises after 3.Nf3 g5. Black defends the f4-pawn, and threatens to kick the f3-knight with ...g4, or else to consolidate with ...Bg7 and ...h6. The main continuations traditionally have been 4.h4 and 4.Bc4. More recently, 4.Nc3 (the Quaade Gambit or Quaade Attack) has been
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Of the alternatives to 3.Nf3, the most important is the Bishop's Gambit, 3.Bc4. White allows 3...Qh4+ 4.Kf1, losing the right to castle, but this loses time for Black after the inevitable Nf3 and White will develop rapidly. White also has the option of delaying Nf3, however, and can instead play
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in 1960. The main line of the
Kieseritzky Gambit is considered to be 5...Nf6 (Berlin Defense) 6.Bc4 d5 7.exd5 Bd6 8.d4 Nh5 9.0-0 Qxh4 10.Qe1 Qxe1 11.Rxe1 0-0 12.Bb3 Bf5. The Long Whip Variation, 5...h5?! 6.Bc4 Rh7 (or 6...Nh6) is considered old-fashioned and risky, as Black loses a lot of time
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3...Nc6!?, Maurian
Defense, is relatively untested, but if White plays 4.Nf3 Black can transpose into the Hanstein Gambit after 4...g5 5.d4 Bg7 6.c3 d6 7.0-0 h6 (Neil McDonald, 1998). John Shaw wrote that 3...Nc6 is a "refutation" of the Bishop's Gambit, as he says that Black is better in all
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Gambit or Three Pawns' Gambit, 5.g3 fxg3 6.0-0 gxh2+ 7.Kh1, played in the nineteenth century). In modern practice, it is more common for Black to simply develop instead with 4...Nf6 5.e5 Ng4, known as the Modern
Cunningham. An under-explored but seemingly playable line here is 5...Ne4!?, the
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and White is close to winning. (Black's best defense is considered 9...Nh6 10.d4 d6 11.Bxh6 dxe5 12.Qxe5+ Be6 13.Qxh8 Nd7 14.Bxf8 0-0-0 and White will emerge a clear pawn ahead.) Instead, 4...Bg7 has been recommended. 4...d6 and 4...h6 transpose to
Fischer's Defense and Becker's Defense,
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Defense (3.Nf3 Be7) threatens a check on h4 that can permanently prevent White from castling; furthermore, if White does not immediately develop the king's bishop, Ke2 would be forced, which hems the bishop in. A sample line is 4.Nc3 Bh4+ 5.Ke2 d5 6.Nxd5 Nf6 7.Nxf6+ Qxf6 8.d4 Bg4 9.Qd2
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While the King's Gambit
Accepted was a staple of Romantic era chess, the opening began to decline with the development of opening theory and improvements in defensive technique in the late 19th century. By the 1920s, 1.e4 openings declined in popularity with the rise of the
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arises after 4.Bc4 g4 5.0-0 gxf3 6.Qxf3, where White has sacrificed a knight but has three pieces bearing down on f7. Such wild play is rare in modern chess, but Black must defend accurately. Perhaps the sharpest continuation is the Double Muzio after 6...Qf6 7.e5 Qxe5
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This is likely to lead to similar positions to the Quaade Gambit; however, 4...g4 5.Ne5 Qh4+ 6.g3 fxg3 7.Qxg4 g2+!? (7...Qxg4=) is now viable due to the threat against the pawn on e4. After 8.Qxh4 gxh1=Q Shaw recommends 9.Nc3 for White, with a complicated position.
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Korchnoi and Zak recommend as best for Black 3...Nf6 4.Nc3 c6, or the alternative move order 3...c6 4.Nc3 Nf6. After 5.Bb3 d5 6.exd5 cxd5 7.d4 Bd6 8.Nge2 0-0 9.0-0 g5 10.Nxd5 Nc6, Black was somewhat better in
Spielmann–Bogoljubow, Märisch Ostrau 1923.
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on h6, g5, f4 to defend the f4 pawn while avoiding the
Kieseritzky Gambit, so Black will not be forced to play ...g4 when White plays to undermine the chain with h4. White has the option of 4.b3, although the main line continues with 4.d4 g5
652:—claimed to have proven to a 99.99999999% certainty that the King's Gambit is at best a draw for White, but only after 3.Be2. Revealing the prank, Rajlich admitted that current computer technology is nowhere near solving such a task.
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Black's other main option is 3...d5, returning the pawn immediately. Play might continue 3...d5 4.Bxd5 Nf6 5.Nc3 Bb4 6.Nf3 Bxc3 7.dxc3 c6 8.Bc4 Qxd1+ 9.Kxd1 0-0 10.Bxf4 Nxe4 with an equal position (Bilguer
Handbuch, Korchnoi/Zak).
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domination, or direct their forces against the weak square f7 with moves such as Nf3, Bc4, 0-0, and g3. A downside to the King's Gambit is that it weakens White's king's position, exposing it to the latent threat of ...Qh4+ (or
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writes: "If given the time, Black intends to seal up the kingside with ...h4 followed by ...g5, securing the extra pawn on f4 without allowing an undermining h2–h4. The drawback is of course the amount of time required".
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to also take up the King's Gambit, although
Spassky was not willing to risk using the opening in any of his World Championship matches. Spassky did beat many strong players with it, however, including Bobby Fischer,
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Defense, (3.Nf3 d5) has much the same idea as the Falkbeer Countergambit, and can in fact be reached via transposition, i.e. 2...d5 3.exd5 exf4 4.Nf3. Black concentrates on gaining piece play and fighting for the
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a pawn in return for quick and easy development. It was once considered good for Black and scored well, but White obtains some advantage with the response 4.d3!, and the line fell out of favor after the 1930s.
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A safer alternative to 4...g4 is 4...Bg7, which usually leads to the Hanstein Gambit after 5.d4 d6 6.0-0 h6 or the Philidor Gambit after 5.h4 h6 6.d4 d6 (other move orders are possible in both cases).
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Gambit, 4.Bc4 g4 5.Ne5 Qh4+ 6.Kf1, is considered better for Black due to the insecurity of White's king. Black may play safely with 6...Nh6 (Silberschmidt Variation), or counter-sacrifice with 6...f3 (
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in the 1880s. The move has received renewed attention following its recommendation by John Shaw in his 2013 book on the King's Gambit. A well-known trap here is 4...g4 5.Ne5 Qh4+ 6.g3 fxg3 7.Qxg4 g2+
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trapping the knight, and 6.Nfd2 blocks the bishop on c1. This leaves the move 6.Ng1 as the only option, when after six moves neither side has developed a piece. The resulting slightly odd position (
2787:(though 2...d6 invites White to play 3.d4 instead); and 2...Nf6 3.fxe5 Nxe4 4.Nf3 Ng5! 5.d4 Nxf3+ 6.Qxf3 Qh4+ 7.Qf2 Qxf2+ 8.Kxf2 with a small endgame advantage, as played in the 1968 game between
506:. The King's Gambit was one of the most popular openings until the late 19th century, when improvements in defensive technique led to its decline in popularity. It is infrequently seen at
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in 1882. It is nonetheless considered dubious because 3.exf5 with the threat of Qh5+ gives White a good game. The variation is sometimes named the Pantelidakis Countergambit because GM
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Defense (3.Nf3 Nf6) is usually played with the intention of holding on to the pawn after 4.e5 Nh5. While it is not Black's most popular option, it attracted some attention in 2020 when
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The rarely seen Bonch-Osmolovsky Defense (3.Nf3 Ne7) aims to defend the f4-pawn with ...Ng6, a relatively safe square for the knight compared to the Schallopp Defense. It was played by
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to eliminate it by means of Nc3–a4, to exchange on c5 or b6, after which White may castle without worry. It also contains an opening trap for novices: if White continues with 3.fxe5
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The main alternative to 4.d4 is 4.Bc4. Play usually continues 4...h6 5.d4 g5 6.0-0 Bg7, transposing into the Hanstein Gambit, which can also be reached via 3...g5 or 3...h6.
2550:, after which the game becomes quite sharp, with White having the option of Qf3 with an attack on f7, or Kg2 threatening hxg3. This idea is advocated, among others, by GM
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tournament. The undefended knight on h5 means Black must be careful: for example 4.e5 Nh5 5.d4 d6 6.Qe2 Be7? (correct is 6...d5!=) 7.exd6 Qxd6 8.Qb5+ wins the h5-knight.
1737:"The refutation of any gambit begins with accepting it. In my opinion the King's Gambit is busted. It loses by force." — R. Fischer, "A Bust to the King's Gambit"
1171:, 4.Bc4 g4 5.Nc3. These are generally considered inferior to the Muzio, which has the advantage of reinforcing White's attack along the f-file. Also inferior is the
2771:. White sacrifices a pawn to try to build a strong center with 4...Bxb4 5.c3 Bc5 (or 5...Ba5) 6.fxe5 dxe5 7.d4. This line is considered slightly dubious, however.
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The King's Gambit is rare in modern high-level play. The main reason is that it is hard to gain an opening advantage with White against strong opponents, with GM
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by both sides, stating that "a gambit equally well attacked and defended is never a decisive , either on one side or the other." Writing over 150 years later,
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writes that 3.Nf3 Nc6 "has never really caught on, probably because it does nothing to address Black's immediate problems." Like Fischer's Defense, it is a
2130:) offers White good attacking chances. A typical continuation is 6.Ng1 Bh6 7.Ne2 Qf6 8.Nbc3 c6 9.g3 f3 10.Nf4 Qe7 with an unclear position (Korchnoi/Zak).
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wrote a famous article, "A Bust to the King's Gambit", in which he stated, "In my opinion the King's Gambit is busted. It loses by force" and offered his
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once joking that the dream of every King's Gambit player is a "worse but holdable ending". A handful of grandmasters have continued to use it, including
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The King's Gambit was one of the most popular openings for over 300 years, and has been played by many of the strongest players in many of the greatest
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2783:; 2...d6, which is the way the King’s Gambit was declined the first known time it was played, when after 3.Nf3, best is 3...exf4 transposing to the
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and prevents 3...Qh4+. Black's two main approaches are to attempt to hold on to the pawn with ...g5, or to return the pawn in order to facilitate
2700:. The main line continues 4.Nc3 exf4 5.Nf3 Bd6 6.d4 Ne7 7.dxc6 Nbxc6, giving positions analogous to the Modern Variation of the gambit accepted.
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The point is that after 4.d4 g5 5.h4 g4 White cannot continue with 6.Ne5 as in the Kieseritzky Gambit, 6.Ng5 is unsound because of 6...f6
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To avoid having to play Ke2, 4.Bc4 is White's most popular response. Black can play 4...Bh4+ anyway, forcing 5.Kf1 (or else the wild
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after 4.d4 Qh4+ 5.Ke2. Both of these lines may be reached via the King's Gambit proper, but the Vienna move order is more common.
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video series. White is down a knight, but has a strong attack. The Quaade Gambit has recently been advocated by
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national master Mikhail Aleksandrovich Bonch-Osmolovsky (1919–1975), also chess theorist and arbiter. See
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The King's Gambit is one of the oldest documented openings, appearing in one of the earliest chess books,
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in decades to use the King's Gambit in serious play. He inspired
502:(1497). It was examined by the 17th-century Italian chess player
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Other 3rd moves for White are rarely played. Some of these are:
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3...f5 (best met by 4.Qe2!) are generally considered inferior.
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3193:"Rajlich: Busting the King's Gambit, this time for sure"
2875:, e.g. 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nc6 3.f4, though this is uncommon.
2763:. The idea of the gambit is similar to that seen in the
2692:. Black is not concerned about pawns and aims for early
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Johansson, Thomas; Wallin, Maria (Illustrator) (2005).
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respectively. Also possible is 4...Nc6, recommended by
1220:(7...Qxg4 8.Nxg4 d5 is about equal) 8.Qxh4 gxh1=Q 9.Qh5
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2974:(2nd ed.), Oxford University Press, p. 201,
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C34: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 (King's Knight's Gambit)
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has ten codes for the King's Gambit, C30 through C39.
588:, noted the discrepancy between the King's Gambit and
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C35: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Be7 (Cunningham Defense)
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3030:(2nd ed.), Harding Simple Ltd., p. 67,
2927:C36: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 d5 (Abbazia Defense)
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470:to divert the black e-pawn. If Black accepts the
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3664:"Spielmann vs. Bogoljubow, Märisch Ostrau 1923"
3173:"Spassky vs. Bronstein, USSR Championship 1960"
2650:Black can decline the offered pawn, or offer a
1673:Variation, which has a number of trappy ideas.
1265:Defense (3.Nf3 h6), has the idea of creating a
1198:4.Bc4 Bg7: Hanstein Gambit and Philidor Gambit
1068:This is the most popular move. It develops the
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3344:. American Chess Promotions. pp. 288–89.
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3070:Bobby Fischer, "A Bust to the King's Gambit",
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2141:The MacLeod Defense, 3...Nc6, is named after
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1097:4.h4: Kieseritzky Gambit and Allgaier Gambit
3682:Named after Martin Villemson (1897–1933) of
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3925:Who's Afraid of the King's Gambit Accepted?
3698:, Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, 1984
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1647:Sample position in the Cunningham Defense
3314:"Spassky vs. Fischer, Mar del Plata 1960"
3133:"Spassky vs. Fischer, Mar del Plata 1969"
2994:Ristoja, Thomas; Aulikki Ristoja (1995).
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1194:Gambit) or 6...Nc6 (Viennese Variation).
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3412:"Shirov vs. J Lapinski, Daugavpils 1990"
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695:(2...d5)—are also popular. After
683:King's Gambit Accepted: 2...exf4
679:, albeit never as a main weapon.
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5483:List of strong chess tournaments
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1167:Gambit, 4.Bc4 g4 5.d4, and the
1063:King's Knight's Gambit: 3.Nf3
551:François-André Danican Philidor
3947:Winning With the King's Gambit
3720:, New Zealand, 17 October 1914
3597:Winning with the King's Gambit
3457:Korchnoi & Zak, pp. 38–39.
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5581:Computer chess championships
3988:The Fascinating King's Gambit
3927:. Thinkers Pr Inc / Chessco.
3091:"A Bust to the King's Gambit"
2970:The Oxford Companion to Chess
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580:(3...d6) as a refutation. FM
3599:, Henry Holt, 1993, p. 105.
2117:Fischer Defense after 6.Ng1
1308:Cunningham Defense: 3...Be7
1084:Classical Variation: 3...g5
446:that begins with the moves:
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5363:Bishop and knight checkmate
3237:. Chessbase. Archived from
2704:Classical Defense: 2...Bc5
2618:Gambit or Hungarian Gambit)
2569:Steinitz's 3...Ne7 and the
1691:Magnus Carlsen Invitational
1677:Schallopp Defense: 3...Nf6
633:against Bronstein himself.
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5526:Other world championships
3057:, David McKay, p. 309
2966:(1996) , "King's Gambit",
2811:Defense: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 c5.
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2600:3.d4 (Villemson Gambit or
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3901:; Glazkov, I. B. (1982).
3696:Oxford Companion to Chess
3580:empire, is now in modern
3119:The Mammoth Book of Chess
2775:Other 2nd moves for Black
2581:Other 3rd moves for White
2137:MacLeod Defense: 3...Nc6
1744:after he was defeated by
1248:4.d4: Rosentreter Gambit
586:The Mammoth Book of Chess
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5500:World Chess Championship
4466:World Chess Hall of Fame
3531:"Chess Opening Explorer"
3073:American Chess Quarterly
2848:In several lines of the
2641:3.Kf2?! (The Tumbleweed)
1755:American Chess Quarterly
1750:Mar del Plata tournament
1727:Fischer Defense: 3...d6
648:—author of chess engine
527:to describe chess moves.
5794:Simultaneous exhibition
5704:Chess newspaper columns
5393:Rook and bishop vs rook
5383:Queen and pawn vs queen
3342:Batsford Chess Openings
3089:Fischer, Bobby (1961).
3076:, Summer 1961, pp. 3–9.
2998:. Shakki (in Finnish).
2826:also played it against
2540:Bishop's Gambit: 3.Bc4
2174:Bishop's Gambit: 3.Bc4
1701:The Modern Defense, or
1697:Modern Defense: 3...d5
1257:Becker Defense: 3...h6
1232:After 4...Bg7 5.d4 g4,
1175:Gambit 4.Bc4 g4 5.Bxf7+
5249:Richter–Veresov Attack
5237:Queen's Indian Defence
3990:. Trafford on Demand.
3903:Play the King's Gambit
3565:The name comes from a
3386:Nakamura vs. Andreikin
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2646:King's Gambit Declined
1213:Deutsche Schachzeitung
1163:Similar lines are the
693:Falkbeer Countergambit
496:Luis RamĂrez de Lucena
5867:17th century in chess
5510:Candidates Tournament
5398:Rook and pawn vs rook
5368:King and pawn vs king
5319:List of chess gambits
5222:King's Indian Defence
4900:Isolated Queen's Pawn
4424:List of chess players
4366:Top player comparison
4165:Internet chess server
3875:; Zak, V. G. (1974).
3770:Rotlewi Countergambit
2837:Chess Life and Review
2732:is lost (4.g3 Qxe4+,
2621:3.Qe2 (Basman Gambit)
1206:4.Nc3: Quaade Gambit
1132:4.h4 g4 5.Ng5 is the
504:Giulio Cesare Polerio
5227:Nimzo-Indian Defence
5123:Scandinavian Defense
5084:Semi-Italian Opening
4989:King's Indian Attack
4878:first-move advantage
4531:Threefold repetition
4456:Bobby Fischer Center
4341:Charlemagne chessmen
4335:Göttingen manuscript
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4140:Correspondence chess
3838:"NN vs. Greco, 1625"
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5455:Two knights endgame
5207:Bogo-Indian Defence
5094:Two Knights Defense
5034:Nimzowitsch Defence
4724:Artificial castling
4361:Soviet chess school
4236:Dubrovnik chess set
4034:The Bishop's Gambit
3400:Peter Millican 1989
3241:on 3 September 2018
2862:Hamppe–Muzio Gambit
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5685:endgame literature
5232:Old Indian Defense
5142:Accelerated Dragon
5014:Alekhine's Defence
4746:Checkmate patterns
4615:symbols in Unicode
4610:annotation symbols
4373:Geography of chess
4241:Staunton chess set
3786:www.chessgames.com
3572:2014-10-18 at the
3051:Tarrasch, Siegbert
2748:from lines of the
2624:3.g3 (Gama Gambit)
1110:Lionel Kieseritzky
1106:Kieseritzky Gambit
691:(2...Bc5) and the
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523:This article uses
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5044:Four Knights Game
5019:Caro–Kann Defence
4984:Zukertort Opening
4771:Discovered attack
4491:Cheating in chess
4328:Versus de scachis
4019:978-1-906552-71-8
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3621:The King's Gambit
3480:Shaw, pp. 186–196
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5520:FIDE Grand Prix
5515:Chess World Cup
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5465:Wrong rook pawn
5403:Lucena position
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5212:Catalan Opening
5187:English Defence
5172:Budapest Gambit
5158:
5116:Austrian Attack
5000:
4969:English Opening
4931:
4927:School of chess
4910:Minority attack
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4811:Queen sacrifice
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4567:White and Black
4562:Touch-move rule
4521:Perpetual check
4516:Fifty-move rule
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3436:A Chess Gamelet
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5339:Scholar's mate
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5254:Queen's Gambit
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5197:Benoni Defence
5192:Indian Defence
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5106:Owen's Defence
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5029:Modern Defence
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4356:Hypermodernism
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4346:Lewis chessmen
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4028:External links
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3949:. Henry Holt.
3943:Gallagher, Joe
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3934:978-0931462900
3933:
3921:Schiller, Eric
3917:
3912:978-0080268736
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3737:Chess to Enjoy
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681:
677:Alexei Fedorov
657:Matthew Sadler
584:, in his book
582:Graham Burgess
571:world champion
534:
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5809:
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5800:
5799:Solving chess
5797:
5795:
5792:
5790:
5789:Chess prodigy
5787:
5783:
5780:
5778:
5775:
5774:
5773:
5772:Chess problem
5770:
5766:
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5707:
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5697:
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5688:
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5680:opening books
5678:
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5676:
5673:
5669:
5668:short stories
5666:
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5621:Art and media
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5433:triangulation
5431:
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5428:Tarrasch rule
5426:
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5413:
5409:
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5401:
5400:
5399:
5396:
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5389:
5388:Queen vs pawn
5386:
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5381:
5379:
5376:
5374:
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5364:
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5244:London System
5242:
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5203:
5202:Modern Benoni
5200:
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5194:
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5190:
5188:
5185:
5183:
5182:Dutch Defence
5180:
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5145:
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5085:
5082:
5080:
5077:
5075:
5072:
5070:
5067:
5065:
5062:
5060:
5059:King's Gambit
5057:
5055:
5052:
5050:
5047:
5045:
5042:
5041:
5040:
5037:
5035:
5032:
5030:
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5017:
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5009:
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5003:
4995:
4992:
4990:
4987:
4986:
4985:
4982:
4980:
4977:
4975:
4974:Grob's Attack
4972:
4970:
4967:
4965:
4964:Dunst Opening
4962:
4960:
4957:
4955:
4954:Benko Opening
4952:
4951:
4949:
4947:
4946:Flank opening
4943:
4940:
4938:
4934:
4928:
4925:
4923:
4920:
4918:
4915:
4911:
4908:
4906:
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4779:
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4730:
4727:
4725:
4722:
4721:
4719:
4717:
4713:
4707:
4704:
4702:
4701:Transposition
4699:
4697:
4694:
4692:
4689:
4685:
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4680:
4677:
4675:
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4608:
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4489:
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4481:
4479:
4475:
4467:
4464:
4462:
4459:
4457:
4454:
4453:
4452:
4451:Chess museums
4449:
4447:
4444:
4440:
4437:
4435:
4432:
4430:
4427:
4426:
4425:
4422:
4420:
4419:Notable games
4417:
4413:
4410:
4406:
4403:
4401:
4398:
4397:
4396:
4393:
4391:
4388:
4384:
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4227:
4224:
4223:
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4219:
4215:
4209:
4208:World records
4206:
4202:
4199:
4198:
4197:
4194:
4190:
4187:
4185:
4182:
4181:
4180:
4179:Rating system
4177:
4171:
4168:
4167:
4166:
4163:
4161:
4158:
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4148:
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4015:
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4007:
4003:
3999:
3997:9781412046473
3993:
3989:
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3980:
3974:
3970:
3966:
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3948:
3944:
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3936:
3930:
3926:
3922:
3918:
3914:
3908:
3904:
3900:
3899:Estrin, Yakov
3896:
3892:
3890:9780713429145
3886:
3882:
3878:
3877:King's Gambit
3874:
3870:
3869:
3858:
3853:
3845:
3844:
3839:
3833:
3826:
3821:
3813:
3812:
3807:
3801:
3787:
3783:
3777:
3771:
3766:
3758:
3756:0-8128-2331-1
3752:
3748:
3744:
3743:Stein and Day
3739:
3738:
3732:
3726:
3719:
3715:
3714:
3709:
3704:
3697:
3693:
3692:Eesti Maleilm
3689:
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3671:
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3665:
3659:
3646:
3645:
3637:
3630:
3626:
3622:
3618:
3613:
3606:
3605:0-8050-2631-2
3602:
3598:
3594:
3593:Joe Gallagher
3589:
3583:
3579:
3575:
3571:
3568:
3562:
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3492:
3486:
3477:
3469:
3463:
3454:
3445:
3438:
3437:
3432:
3431:Edward Winter
3427:
3419:
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3413:
3407:
3401:
3396:
3394:
3387:
3382:
3376:
3370:
3361:
3353:
3351:0-7134-2112-6
3347:
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3335:
3329:
3321:
3320:
3315:
3309:
3302:
3298:
3294:
3290:
3285:
3278:
3277:Edward Winter
3274:
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3256:
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3065:
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3052:
3046:
3039:
3037:1-84382-161-3
3033:
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3025:
3019:
3011:
3009:951-0-20505-2
3005:
3001:
2997:
2990:
2983:
2981:0-19-866164-9
2977:
2972:
2971:
2965:
2961:
2960:Hooper, David
2955:
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2892:
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2876:
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2869:
2867:
2863:
2859:
2855:
2854:Vienna Gambit
2851:
2844:Related lines
2841:
2839:
2838:
2833:
2829:
2825:
2824:Vincenz Hruby
2821:
2817:
2812:
2810:
2806:
2802:
2798:
2794:
2790:
2789:Bobby Fischer
2786:
2782:
2772:
2770:
2766:
2762:
2757:
2755:
2751:
2747:
2746:transposition
2743:
2739:
2736:the rook and
2735:
2731:
2727:
2723:
2719:
2714:
2701:
2699:
2695:
2691:
2686:
2683:
2679:
2675:
2669:
2659:
2656:
2654:countergambit
2640:
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2633:
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2626:
2623:
2620:
2617:
2613:
2610:
2606:
2603:
2599:
2596:
2592:
2588:
2587:
2586:
2578:
2575:
2573:countergambit
2567:
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2559:
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2534:
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2500:
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2471:
2468:
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2218:
2217:
2214:
2211:
2208:
2205:
2202:
2199:
2196:
2193:
2190:
2188:
2187:
2181:
2171:
2168:
2158:
2155:
2148:
2147:Joe Gallagher
2144:
2134:
2131:
2127:
2125:
2111:
2108:
2105:
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1795:
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1779:
1776:
1773:
1770:
1767:
1765:
1764:
1759:
1757:
1756:
1751:
1747:
1746:Boris Spassky
1743:
1742:Bobby Fischer
1738:
1734:
1724:
1721:
1715:Variation of
1714:
1709:
1704:
1694:
1692:
1688:
1684:
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1215:
1214:
1203:
1195:
1193:
1189:
1184:
1182:
1178:
1174:
1170:
1166:
1165:Ghulam Kassim
1161:
1159:
1154:
1150:
1137:
1135:
1130:
1127:
1126:Mar del Plata
1123:
1122:Bobby Fischer
1119:
1118:Boris Spassky
1115:
1111:
1107:
1102:
1094:
1092:
1081:
1078:
1071:
1057:
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1018:
1015:
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1007:
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991:
990:
986:
983:
982:
978:
975:
974:
970:
741:
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734:
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728:
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722:
719:
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713:
711:
710:
700:
698:
694:
690:
680:
678:
674:
670:
666:
662:
658:
653:
651:
647:
646:Vasik Rajlich
643:
639:
634:
631:
624:
623:Zsuzsa Polgar
619:
618:Boris Spassky
615:
611:
606:
599:
593:
591:
587:
583:
579:
575:
574:Bobby Fischer
572:
568:
564:
560:
556:
552:
548:
547:Immortal Game
543:
526:
519:
516:
509:
505:
501:
497:
492:
490:
480:
473:
469:
462:
458:
456:
453:
449:
448:
447:
445:
444:chess opening
441:
440:King's Gambit
432:
429:
425:
421:
417:
413:
411:
410:
405:
401:
397:
388:
385:
382:
379:
376:
373:
370:
367:
364:
362:
361:
357:
354:
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349:
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341:
338:
337:
333:
330:
329:
325:
322:
321:
317:
314:
313:
309:
306:
305:
301:
65:
64:
61:
58:
55:
52:
49:
46:
43:
40:
37:
35:
34:
28:
25:King's Gambit
21:Chess opening
19:
16:Chess opening
5745:Chess engine
5730:Chess boxing
5690:
5460:Wrong bishop
5312:theory table
5286:Torre Attack
5269:Slav Defence
5177:Colle System
5152:Scheveningen
5111:Pirc Defence
5058:
5054:Italian Game
5049:Giuoco Piano
4994:RĂ©ti Opening
4917:Piece values
4905:MarĂłczy Bind
4866:the exchange
4856:Compensation
4786:Interference
4776:Double check
4550:Time control
4537:
4511:by agreement
4439:grandmasters
4383:South Africa
4333:
4326:
4302:Score sheets
4248:Chess pieces
4155:Online chess
4101:Chess titles
4096:Chess theory
4009:
3987:
3971:. Batsford.
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