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- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game C20
- Center Game C20
- Center Game Accepted C21
- Danish Gambit C21
- Danish Gambit Accepted C21
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Danish Gambit Accepted: Schlechter Defense
Overview
Danish Gambit Accepted: Schlechter Defense belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO C21, 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 10 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. e4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3 dxc3 4. Bc4 cxb2 5. Bxb2 d5.
The line refines Danish Gambit Accepted, which traces back to the root opening King's Pawn Game.
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- ECO code
- C21
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 10
- Parent
- Danish Gambit Accepted
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Statistics from Lichess
250,938 games · White 46.2% / Draw 5.4% / Black 48.4%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| Bxd5 | 174,808 | |
| exd5 | 69,733 | |
| Bb3 | 2,854 | |
| Qxd5 | 1,716 | |
| Nf3 | 743 | |
| Qb3 | 316 | |
| Nc3 | 270 | |
| Nd2 | 114 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 02:15:54
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