King's Gambit Declined: Mafia Defense
Overview
King's Gambit Declined: Mafia Defense 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.
It is reached after 4 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. e4 c5 2. f4 e5.
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- ECO code
- C30
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 4
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Statistics from Lichess
360,626 games · White 46.3% / Draw 3.3% / Black 50.4%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| Nf3 | 212,966 | |
| fxe5 | 53,264 | |
| d3 | 43,889 | |
| f5 | 35,158 | |
| Bc4 | 7,514 | |
| Nc3 | 3,565 | |
| Qf3 | 1,338 | |
| c3 | 855 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 01:01:45
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