Tree path 6 levels King's Pawn Game › King's Gambit › King's Gambit Accepted › King's Knight's Gambit › King's Gambit Accepted: MacLeod Defense › King's Gambit Accepted: Blachly Gambit
- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game C20
- King's Gambit C30
- King's Gambit Accepted C33
- King's Knight's Gambit C34
- King's Gambit Accepted: MacLeod Defense C34
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King's Gambit Accepted: Blachly Gambit
Overview
King's Gambit Accepted: Blachly Gambit belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO C37, 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. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bc4 g5.
The line refines King's Gambit Accepted: MacLeod Defense, which traces back to the root opening King's Pawn Game.
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- ECO code
- C37
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 8
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Statistics from Lichess
450,238 games · White 48.0% / Draw 2.9% / Black 49.1%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| O-O | 224,016 | |
| d4 | 111,824 | |
| h4 | 60,875 | |
| c3 | 15,664 | |
| d3 | 12,071 | |
| Nc3 | 10,605 | |
| h3 | 8,257 | |
| Bxf7+ | 3,078 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 01:50:55
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