Tree path 4 levels King's Pawn Game › King's Gambit › King's Gambit Accepted › Tumbleweed
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- King's Pawn Game C20
- King's Gambit C30
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King's Gambit Accepted: Tumbleweed
Overview
King's Gambit Accepted: Tumbleweed 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. Kf2.
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
2,716 games · White 44.9% / Draw 2.6% / Black 52.5%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| Qh4+ | 1,110 | |
| Bc5+ | 482 | |
| d5 | 212 | |
| Nf6 | 200 | |
| Nc6 | 183 | |
| g5 | 137 | |
| d6 | 132 | |
| Be7 | 115 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 01:12:22
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