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King's Pawn Game: Beyer Gambit
Overview
King's Pawn Game: Beyer Gambit belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO C20, 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.
The line arises from 4 plies — specifically the moves 1. e4 e5 2. d4 d5.
The line refines Center Game, which traces back to the root opening King's Pawn Game.
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- ECO code
- C20
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 4
- Parent
- Center Game
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Statistics from Lichess
577,911 games · White 56.5% / Draw 4.2% / Black 39.3%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| dxe5 | 397,472 | |
| exd5 | 68,614 | |
| c3 | 33,326 | |
| Nf3 | 30,792 | |
| Nc3 | 24,992 | |
| f4 | 5,089 | |
| c4 | 4,821 | |
| f3 | 3,951 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 01:01:00
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