53 named lines in this family, ECO
C30-C32. Every one of them opens
1. e4, so that move's note is written once, just below, instead of once per line.
Under each line you get its moves and the sentences it adds that
this page has not already printed. A line's own page carries up to its
first 4 per-move notes in full.
The moves every line here
plays
1. e4
1. e4Stakes a claim in the centre, controlling d5, and frees the bishop and queen.
f4 offers a pawn to drag Black's e-pawn off the centre and open the f-file - development and attack against material, the oldest bargain in chess.
1... e5Stakes a claim in the centre, controlling d4, and frees the bishop and queen.
2. f4Challenges the pawn on e5 - the central tension has to resolve. The pawn is genuinely on offer - this is the King's Gambit: development and initiative over material.
2... Bc5Develops the bishop with tempo - it attacks the knight on g1. It eyes f2, the one square only the king defends. Theory calls this the Classical Variation.
2... Qf6Brings the queen out with a concrete threat - the f4 pawn is suddenly hanging. It also props up the e5 pawn. Theory calls this the Norwalde Variation.
2... f5Challenges the pawn on e4 - the central tension has to resolve. The pawn is genuinely on offer - this is the Panteldakis Countergambit: development and initiative over material.
2... g5Challenges the pawn on f4 - the central tension has to resolve. The pawn is genuinely on offer - this is the Zilbermints Double Countergambit: development and initiative over material.
An early pawn trade leaves the e-file as White's avenue and the f-file as Black's - both sides get real winning chances down their own file. White is up material out of the opening - Black is banking on activity to show for it.
The structure hands White the half-open f-file - rook pressure down it is a standing plan. Black keeps the extra pawn; White plays for time, open lines, and initiative - the classic gambit trade.
2... d5Stakes a claim in the centre, controlling e4, and frees the bishop and queen. The pawn is genuinely on offer - this is the Falkbeer Countergambit: development and initiative over material.
