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Slav Indian: Kudischewitsch Gambit
Overview
Slav Indian: Kudischewitsch Gambit belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO A40, Flank Openings). It trades material for attacking chances — a classic trade-off that has fascinated players from the Romantic era to modern correspondence chess.
The Flank Openings group covers flank openings — systems that delay the central pawn break and instead develop pieces and pawns on the wings.
Play reaches this position via 1. d4 c6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 b5, after 6 plies of opening development.
The line is a first-level refinement of Queen's Pawn Game.
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- ECO code
- A40
- Group
- Flank Openings (A)
- Plies
- 6
- Parent
- Queen's Pawn Game
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Statistics from Lichess
3,016 games · White 48.8% / Draw 6.1% / Black 45.1%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| cxb5 | 1,283 | |
| e3 | 617 | |
| Nc3 | 382 | |
| b3 | 276 | |
| c5 | 208 | |
| g3 | 74 | |
| Nbd2 | 50 | |
| Bg5 | 35 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 01:15:53
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