Tree path 4 levels French Defense › Normal Variation › French Defense: Franco-Hiva Gambit › French Defense: Franco-Hiva Gambit Accepted
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French Defense: Franco-Hiva Gambit Accepted
Overview
French Defense: Franco-Hiva Gambit Accepted belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO C00, 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.
Play reaches this position via 1. e4 e6 2. d4 f5 3. exf5, after 5 plies of opening development.
The line refines French Defense: Franco-Hiva Gambit, which traces back to the root opening French Defense.
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- ECO code
- C00
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 5
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Statistics from Lichess
134,675 games · White 53.7% / Draw 4.5% / Black 41.9%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| exf5 | 122,394 | |
| Nf6 | 10,649 | |
| d5 | 345 | |
| e5 | 247 | |
| Nc6 | 206 | |
| Qf6 | 158 | |
| Qh4 | 77 | |
| d6 | 69 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 01:09:17
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