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C20

Portuguese Opening: Miguel Gambit

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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%

MovesGamesW / D / B
Bxb457
Bb631
Bxf2+5
Bd44
Nf62
Nc61
c61
Be71

Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 01:10:02

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