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King's Gambit

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King's Gambit

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Also known as 1. e4 e5 2. f4

chess opening 1. e4 e5 2. f4

Wikidata facts

Subclass of
Open Game
Sport
chess
Image
Kings gambit.png
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topic's main category
Q9042620
Portable Game Notation
f4
time of discovery or invention
1497-00-00
discoverer or inventor
Luis Ramírez de Lucena
position in Forsyth-Edwards Notation
rnbqkbnr/pppp1ppp/8/4p3/4PP2/8/PPPP2PP/RNBQKBNR b KQkq f3 0 2
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Encyclopedic overview

Moves1.e4 e5 2.f4 ECOC30–C39 OriginNo later than 16th century ParentOpen Game

The King's Gambit is a chess opening that begins with the moves:

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “King's Gambit” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.