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- King's Pawn Game C20
- King's Gambit C30
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King's Gambit Declined: Classical, Soldatenkov Variation
Overview
King's Gambit Declined: Classical, Soldatenkov Variation belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO C30, 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 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. fxe5, after 7 plies of opening development.
The line refines King's Gambit Declined: Classical Variation, which traces back to the root opening King's Pawn Game.
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- ECO code
- C30
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 7
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Statistics from Lichess
130,987 games · White 44.2% / Draw 3.8% / Black 52.0%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| dxe5 | 116,834 | |
| Bg4 | 10,468 | |
| Nc6 | 2,342 | |
| Ne7 | 311 | |
| Qe7 | 236 | |
| d5 | 193 | |
| f6 | 97 | |
| Nf6 | 83 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 01:37:54
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