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- King's Pawn Game C20
- Portuguese Opening C20
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Portuguese Opening: Miguel Gambit
Overview
Portuguese Opening: Miguel Gambit belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO C20, 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. Bb5 Bc5 3. b4, after 5 plies of opening development.
The line refines Portuguese Opening, which traces back to the root opening King's Pawn Game.
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- ECO code
- C20
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 5
- Parent
- Portuguese Opening
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Statistics from Lichess
105 games · White 41.0% / Draw 1.0% / Black 58.1%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| Bxb4 | 57 | |
| Bb6 | 31 | |
| Bxf2+ | 5 | |
| Bd4 | 4 | |
| Nf6 | 2 | |
| Nc6 | 1 | |
| c6 | 1 | |
| Be7 | 1 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 01:10:02
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