Tree path 4 levels King's Pawn Game › King's Gambit › King's Gambit Accepted › Dodo Variation
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- King's Pawn Game C20
- King's Gambit C30
- King's Gambit Accepted C33
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King's Gambit Accepted: Dodo Variation
Overview
King's Gambit Accepted: Dodo Variation belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO C33, 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. f4 exf4 3. Qg4.
The line refines King's Gambit Accepted, which traces back to the root opening King's Pawn Game.
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- ECO code
- C33
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 5
- Parent
- King's Gambit Accepted
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Statistics from Lichess
6,130 games · White 47.4% / Draw 3.2% / Black 49.4%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| Nf6 | 1,249 | |
| g5 | 1,227 | |
| d5 | 1,115 | |
| Qf6 | 931 | |
| d6 | 565 | |
| Nc6 | 340 | |
| Bd6 | 222 | |
| Be7 | 205 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 01:11:52
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