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- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game C20
- King's Knight Opening C40
- Petrov's Defense C42
- Petrov's Defense C42
- Stafford Gambit C42
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Petrov's Defense: Stafford Gambit
Overview
Petrov's Defense: Stafford Gambit belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO C42, 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 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Nc6 4. Nxc6 dxc6.
The line refines Petrov's Defense: Stafford Gambit, which traces back to the root opening King's Pawn Game.
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- ECO code
- C42
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 8
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Statistics from Lichess
3,842,736 games · White 46.4% / Draw 3.7% / Black 50.0%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| d3 | 1,855,317 | |
| Nc3 | 1,027,981 | |
| e5 | 525,251 | |
| f3 | 104,448 | |
| Bc4 | 97,641 | |
| d4 | 53,762 | |
| Be2 | 42,522 | |
| Bd3 | 33,184 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 01:51:37
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