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- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game C20
- King's Knight Opening C40
- Latvian Gambit C40
- Mayet Attack C40
- Polerio-Svedenborg Variation C40 you are here
Latvian Gambit: Mayet Attack, Polerio-Svedenborg Variation
Overview
Latvian Gambit: Mayet Attack, Polerio-Svedenborg 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.
The line arises from 8 plies — specifically the moves 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Bc4 fxe4 4. Nxe5 d5.
The line refines Latvian Gambit: Mayet Attack, which traces back to the root opening King's Pawn Game.
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- ECO code
- C40
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 8
- Parent
- Latvian Gambit: Mayet Attack
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Statistics from Lichess
43,441 games · White 47.2% / Draw 3.1% / Black 49.7%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| Qh5+ | 26,312 | |
| Bb3 | 13,617 | |
| Bb5+ | 1,846 | |
| Be2 | 1,268 | |
| Nf7 | 143 | |
| Qf3 | 102 | |
| Bxd5 | 58 | |
| Bf1 | 21 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 01:51:10
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