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King's Gambit Declined: Zilbermints Double Countergambit
Overview
King's Gambit Declined: Zilbermints Double Countergambit 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 begins with 4 plies and takes 1. e4 e5 2. f4 g5 to reach the canonical position.
The line refines King's Gambit, which traces back to the root opening King's Pawn Game.
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- ECO code
- C30
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 4
- Parent
- King's Gambit
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Statistics from Lichess
3,736 games · White 58.8% / Draw 3.2% / Black 38.0%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| fxe5 | 1,922 | |
| fxg5 | 628 | |
| Nf3 | 542 | |
| f5 | 487 | |
| Bc4 | 59 | |
| d4 | 41 | |
| d3 | 22 | |
| Qh5 | 10 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 01:01:59
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