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- King's Pawn Game C20
- King's Knight Opening C40
- Latvian Gambit C40
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Latvian Gambit Accepted: Foltys-Leonhardt Variation
Overview
Latvian Gambit Accepted: Foltys-Leonhardt Variation 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.
Play reaches this position via 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nxe5 Qf6 4. Nc4, after 7 plies of opening development.
The line refines Latvian Gambit, which traces back to the root opening King's Pawn Game.
The line splits into 2 documented sub-systems: Latvian Gambit Accepted: Foltys Variation, Latvian Gambit Accepted: Leonhardt Variation.
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- ECO code
- C40
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 7
- Parent
- Latvian Gambit
- Direct variations
- 2
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Statistics from Lichess
39,707 games · White 50.6% / Draw 4.2% / Black 45.2%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| fxe4 | 36,376 | |
| d6 | 1,644 | |
| Bc5 | 584 | |
| b5 | 531 | |
| Nc6 | 336 | |
| c6 | 58 | |
| f4 | 36 | |
| d5 | 32 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 01:38:33
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