Tree path 4 levels King's Pawn Game › Bishop's Opening › Berlin Defense › Bishop's Opening: Horwitz Gambit
- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game C20
- Bishop's Opening C23
- Berlin Defense C24
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Bishop's Opening: Horwitz Gambit
Overview
Bishop's Opening: Horwitz Gambit belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO C26, 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.
It begins with 6 plies and takes 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 b5 to reach the canonical position.
The line refines Bishop's Opening: Berlin Defense, which traces back to the root opening King's Pawn Game.
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- ECO code
- C26
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 6
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Statistics from Lichess
5,161 games · White 52.5% / Draw 3.0% / Black 44.5%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| Bxb5 | 3,378 | |
| Bb3 | 1,094 | |
| Nxb5 | 353 | |
| d3 | 93 | |
| Bd5 | 63 | |
| Nf3 | 52 | |
| Bd3 | 41 | |
| Bxf7+ | 23 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 01:23:48
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