Tree path 4 levels King's Pawn Game › King's Knight Opening › Latvian Gambit › Mayet Attack
- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game C20
- King's Knight Opening C40
- Latvian Gambit C40
- Mayet Attack C40 you are here
Latvian Gambit: Mayet Attack
Overview
Latvian Gambit: Mayet Attack 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. Bc4, after 5 plies of opening development.
The line refines Latvian Gambit, which traces back to the root opening King's Pawn Game.
The line has 6 documented children — Latvian Gambit: Behting Variation, Latvian Gambit: Corkscrew Countergambit, Morgado Defense, and others being widely played.
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- ECO code
- C40
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 5
- Parent
- Latvian Gambit
- Direct variations
- 6
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Statistics from Lichess
247,100 games · White 50.2% / Draw 2.9% / Black 47.0%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| Nf6 | 86,727 | |
| fxe4 | 79,757 | |
| Nc6 | 34,838 | |
| d6 | 27,479 | |
| Bc5 | 4,275 | |
| Qf6 | 4,035 | |
| d5 | 2,818 | |
| c6 | 2,207 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 01:12:43
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