Tree path 8 levels King's Pawn Game › Alekhine Defense › Normal Variation › Alekhine Defense › Alekhine Defense › Alekhine Defense › Four Pawns Attack › Cambridge Gambit
- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game B00
- Alekhine Defense B02
- Normal Variation B02
- Alekhine Defense B03
- Alekhine Defense B03
- Alekhine Defense B03
- Four Pawns Attack B03
- Cambridge Gambit B03 you are here
Alekhine Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Cambridge Gambit
Overview
Alekhine Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Cambridge Gambit belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO B03, 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.
It is reached after 10 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 g5.
The line refines Alekhine Defense: Four Pawns Attack, which traces back to the root opening King's Pawn Game.
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- ECO code
- B03
- Group
- Semi-Open Games (B)
- Plies
- 10
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Statistics from Lichess
43,880 games · White 46.3% / Draw 4.4% / Black 49.3%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| Nf3 | 13,724 | |
| fxg5 | 10,007 | |
| exd6 | 7,784 | |
| Nc3 | 5,816 | |
| g3 | 3,061 | |
| Qh5 | 913 | |
| d5 | 595 | |
| Bd3 | 385 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 02:12:23
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