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King's Gambit Declined: Queen's Knight Defense
Overview
King's Gambit Declined: Queen's Knight 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 e5 2. f4 Nc6.
The line refines King's Gambit, which traces back to the root opening King's Pawn Game.
The line splits into 2 documented sub-systems: King's Gambit Declined: Miles Defense, King's Gambit Declined: Zilbermints Double Gambit.
In total, the branch covers 3 sub-variations across all depths.
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- ECO code
- C30
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 4
- Parent
- King's Gambit
- Direct variations
- 2
- Total in subtree
- 3
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Statistics from Lichess
10,221,109 games · White 52.0% / Draw 3.6% / Black 44.5%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| Nf3 | 8,960,317 | |
| Bc4 | 454,707 | |
| fxe5 | 354,442 | |
| f5 | 123,301 | |
| d3 | 120,539 | |
| Nc3 | 105,381 | |
| Bb5 | 36,395 | |
| c3 | 35,504 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 01:01:56
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