Tree path 4 levels King's Pawn Game › King's Knight Opening › Elephant Gambit › Wasp Variation
- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game C20
- King's Knight Opening C40
- Elephant Gambit C40
- Wasp Variation C40 you are here
Elephant Gambit: Wasp Variation
Overview
Elephant Gambit: Wasp Variation belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO C40, 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 8 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d5 3. Nxe5 dxe4 4. Bc4 Qg5.
The line refines Elephant Gambit, which traces back to the root opening King's Pawn Game.
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- ECO code
- C40
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 8
- Parent
- Elephant Gambit
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Statistics from Lichess
40,651 games · White 35.5% / Draw 3.0% / Black 61.5%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| Nxf7 | 19,258 | |
| Bxf7+ | 12,366 | |
| d4 | 8,007 | |
| f4 | 426 | |
| O-O | 251 | |
| Ng4 | 156 | |
| d3 | 41 | |
| Qh5 | 22 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 01:51:01
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