Tree path 4 levels King's Pawn Game › King's Knight Opening › Normal Variation › Irish Gambit
- Caissa Codex
- King's Pawn Game C20
- King's Knight Opening C40
- Normal Variation C44
- Irish Gambit C44 you are here
Irish Gambit
Overview
Irish Gambit belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO C44, 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 5 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nxe5.
The line refines King's Knight Opening: Normal Variation, which traces back to the root opening King's Pawn Game.
It continues primarily into one named line, King's Pawn Game: Schulze-Müller Gambit.
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- ECO code
- C44
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 5
- Direct variations
- 1
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Statistics from Lichess
82,819 games · White 40.3% / Draw 3.1% / Black 56.6%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| Nxe5 | 79,867 | |
| Nf6 | 1,129 | |
| d6 | 603 | |
| Bc5 | 451 | |
| Qe7 | 165 | |
| f5 | 130 | |
| Nd4 | 109 | |
| Qf6 | 84 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 01:13:10
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