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- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game B00
- Borg Defense B00
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Borg Defense: Borg Gambit
Overview
Borg Defense: Borg Gambit belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO B00, 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.
Play reaches this position via 1. e4 g5 2. d4 Bg7, after 4 plies of opening development.
The line refines Borg Defense, which traces back to the root opening King's Pawn Game.
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- ECO code
- B00
- Group
- Semi-Open Games (B)
- Plies
- 4
- Parent
- Borg Defense
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Statistics from Lichess
274,654 games · White 49.4% / Draw 3.5% / Black 47.1%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| Bxg5 | 138,567 | |
| c3 | 34,620 | |
| Nc3 | 24,801 | |
| e5 | 23,327 | |
| Be3 | 17,088 | |
| Nf3 | 9,153 | |
| c4 | 8,489 | |
| Bc4 | 6,249 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 00:57:47
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