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- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game B00
- Scandinavian Defense B01
- Blackburne-Kloosterboer Gambit B01
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Scandinavian Defense: Blackburne Gambit
Overview
Scandinavian Defense: Blackburne Gambit belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO B01, Semi-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 Semi-Open Games group covers semi-open games — replies to 1.e4 where Black declines the symmetrical 1…e5 in favour of an asymmetric pawn structure.
The line arises from 6 plies — specifically the moves 1. e4 d5 2. exd5 c6 3. dxc6 Nxc6.
The line refines Scandinavian Defense: Blackburne-Kloosterboer Gambit, which traces back to the root opening King's Pawn Game.
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- ECO code
- B01
- Group
- Semi-Open Games (B)
- Plies
- 6
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Statistics from Lichess
1,915,058 games · White 47.5% / Draw 4.2% / Black 48.4%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| Nf3 | 859,772 | |
| Nc3 | 399,863 | |
| Bb5 | 352,774 | |
| d3 | 55,140 | |
| d4 | 50,080 | |
| c3 | 48,705 | |
| Bc4 | 47,041 | |
| g3 | 25,488 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 01:18:30
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