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Latvian Gambit
Overview
Latvian Gambit belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO C40, 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. Nf3 f5.
The line refines King's Knight Opening, which traces back to the root opening King's Pawn Game.
The line has 12 documented children — Latvian Gambit Accepted, Latvian Gambit Accepted: Foltys-Leonhardt Variation, Latvian Gambit Accepted: Main Line, and others being widely played.
In total, the branch covers 24 sub-variations across all depths.
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- ECO code
- C40
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 4
- Parent
- King's Knight Opening
- Direct variations
- 12
- Total in subtree
- 24
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Statistics from Lichess
3,701,883 games · White 48.2% / Draw 3.7% / Black 48.2%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| exf5 | 1,217,883 | |
| Nxe5 | 1,091,397 | |
| d3 | 489,954 | |
| Nc3 | 367,896 | |
| d4 | 276,236 | |
| Bc4 | 218,271 | |
| Bd3 | 12,106 | |
| Qe2 | 9,024 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 01:02:25
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Variations (12)
- C40 Latvian Gambit Accepted
- C40 Latvian Gambit Accepted: Foltys-Leonhardt Variation
- C40 Latvian Gambit Accepted: Main Line
- C40 Corkscrew Gambit
- C40 Diepstraten Countergambit
- C40 Fraser Defense
- C40 Greco Variation
- C40 Lobster Gambit
- C40 Mason Countergambit
- C40 Mayet Attack
- C40 Mlotkowski Variation
- C40 Senechaud Gambit
Show all 24 sub-variations (full subtree)
- C40 Latvian Gambit Accepted 5-ply
- C40 Latvian Gambit Accepted: Foltys-Leonhardt Variation 7-ply
- C40 Latvian Gambit Accepted: Main Line 7-ply
- C40 Corkscrew Gambit 12-ply
- C40 Diepstraten Countergambit 5-ply
- C40 Fraser Defense 6-ply
- C40 Greco Variation 6-ply
- C40 Lobster Gambit 5-ply
- C40 Mason Countergambit 5-ply
- C40 Mayet Attack 5-ply
- C40 Mlotkowski Variation 5-ply
- C40 Senechaud Gambit 5-ply
- C40 Latvian Gambit Accepted: Bilguer Variation 9-ply
- C40 Latvian Gambit Accepted: Foltys Variation 9-ply
- C40 Latvian Gambit Accepted: Leonhardt Variation 9-ply
- C40 Latvian Gambit: Behting Variation 14-ply
- C40 Latvian Gambit: Corkscrew Countergambit 8-ply
- C40 Morgado Defense 6-ply
- C40 Poisoned Pawn Variation 10-ply
- C40 Polerio-Svedenborg Variation 8-ply
- C40 Strautins Gambit 6-ply
- C40 Latvian Gambit Accepted: Bronstein Attack 11-ply
- C40 Latvian Gambit Accepted: Bronstein Gambit 13-ply
- C40 Latvian Gambit Accepted: Nimzowitsch Attack 11-ply