Tree path 3 levels King's Pawn Game › Wayward Queen Attack › Mellon Gambit
- Caissa Codex
- King's Pawn Game C20
- Wayward Queen Attack C20
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King's Pawn Game: Wayward Queen Attack, Mellon Gambit
Overview
King's Pawn Game: Wayward Queen Attack, Mellon 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.
It is reached after 12 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. e4 e5 2. Qh5 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nh6 4. d3 g6 5. Qf3 f6 6. Ne2 d5.
The line refines King's Pawn Game: Wayward Queen Attack, which traces back to the root opening King's Pawn Game.
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- ECO code
- C20
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 12
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Statistics from Lichess
7 games · White 28.6% / Draw 14.3% / Black 57.1%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| exd5 | 4 | |
| Bxd5 | 3 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 02:38:20
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