Tree path 6 levels King's Pawn Game › King's Gambit › King's Gambit Accepted › King's Knight's Gambit › King's Gambit Accepted: Fischer Defense › Spanish Variation
- Caissa 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: Fischer Defense C34
- Spanish Variation C34 you are here
King's Gambit Accepted: Fischer Defense, Spanish Variation
Overview
King's Gambit Accepted: Fischer Defense, Spanish Variation belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO C34, 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 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd3, after 9 plies of opening development.
The line refines King's Gambit Accepted: Fischer Defense, which traces back to the root opening King's Pawn Game.
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- ECO code
- C34
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 9
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Statistics from Lichess
68,943 games · White 57.8% / Draw 3.7% / Black 38.6%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| Be7 | 36,884 | |
| Bg4 | 15,523 | |
| Nc6 | 6,981 | |
| Nh5 | 2,502 | |
| g6 | 1,546 | |
| h6 | 1,248 | |
| Qe7 | 1,034 | |
| d5 | 817 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 02:02:43
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