Tree path 6 levels King's Pawn Game › Bishop's Opening › Berlin Defense › Bishop's Opening: Ponziani Gambit › Bishop's Opening: Urusov Gambit › Keidansky Gambit
- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game C20
- Bishop's Opening C23
- Berlin Defense C24
- Bishop's Opening: Ponziani Gambit C24
- Bishop's Opening: Urusov Gambit C43
- Keidansky Gambit C43 you are here
Bishop's Opening: Urusov Gambit, Keidansky Gambit
Overview
Bishop's Opening: Urusov Gambit, Keidansky Gambit belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO C43, 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 is reached after 9 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qxd4.
The line refines Bishop's Opening: Urusov Gambit, which traces back to the root opening King's Pawn Game.
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- ECO code
- C43
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 9
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Statistics from Lichess
138,645 games · White 58.0% / Draw 3.3% / Black 38.8%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| Nf6 | 75,527 | |
| Nd6 | 29,529 | |
| Qe7 | 20,271 | |
| d5 | 8,828 | |
| f5 | 1,494 | |
| Nc5 | 1,269 | |
| Bb4+ | 546 | |
| Nxf2 | 470 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 02:04:31
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