Chessmate

King's Gambit · White

Kieseritzky Main Line, Berlin Defense and Queen Trade · White (C39)

Claim the center and open lines for the queen and the f1-bishop.

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King's Gambit · BlackDifficulty 3/3

Black repertoire · ECO C33–C35

Sample line with full explanations: Cunningham Main Line, Central Break and ...Qb6 · Black.

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ECO C30–C39

Every one of these lines is explained move by move in the app — with recall practice and spaced review.

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  1. Kieseritzky Main Line, Berlin Defense and Queen Trade · WhiteSample

    1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Nf6 6. Bc4 d5 7. exd5 Bd6 8. d4 Nh5 9. O-O Qxh4 10. Qe1 Qxe1 11. Rxe1

  2. Kieseritzky Berlin Defense, 6.d4 Central Plan · White

    1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Nf6 6. d4 d6 7. Nd3 Nxe4 8. Bxf4 Bg7 9. c3

  3. Kieseritzky Kolisch Defense, Return the Pawn and Develop · White

    1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 d6 6. Nxg4 Nf6 7. Nxf6+ Qxf6 8. Nc3

  4. Kieseritzky Brentano Defense, Caro Structure · White

    1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 d5 6. d4 Nf6 7. Bxf4 Nxe4 8. Nd2

  5. Kieseritzky Long Whip, Break the Kingside Chain · White

    1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 h5 6. Bc4 Rh7 7. d4 Bh6 8. Nc3

  6. Kieseritzky Paulsen Defense, Return the Pawn with Nxg4 · White

    1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Bg7 6. d4 Nf6 7. Nxg4 Nxg4 8. Qxg4 Bxd4 9. Nc3

  7. Fischer Defense, Ng1 Reroute and Central Control · White

    1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 g5 5. h4 g4 6. Ng1 Bh6 7. Ne2 Qf6 8. Nbc3 c6 9. g3 f3 10. Nf4

  8. Modern Defense, 6...Nxc6 Main Line · White

    1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bb5+ c6 6. dxc6 Nxc6 7. Nc3

  9. Modern Defense, 6...bxc6 Queenside Structure · White

    1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bb5+ c6 6. dxc6 bxc6 7. Bc4

  10. Cunningham Defense, Advance with e5 · White

    1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Be7 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. e5 Ng4 6. O-O Nc6 7. d4 d5 8. exd6

  11. Becker Defense, Build the Center before Recovering · White

    1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 h6 4. d4 g5 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. g3 fxg3 7. hxg3

  12. Schallopp Defense, e5 Space and c4 Counter · White

    1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Nh5 5. d4 d5 6. c4

  13. Declined Classical Defense, c3 and d4 Center · White

    1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. e5

  14. Falkbeer Modern Transfer, Chase the Queen and Trade · White

    1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 exf4 4. Nf3 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Qd8 6. d4 Bd6 7. Bc4 Nf6 8. Qe2+ Qe7 9. Qxe7+ Kxe7 10. O-O

  15. Declined Miles Defense, Open the Center against 3...f5 · White

    1. e4 e5 2. f4 Nc6 3. Nf3 f5 4. exf5 e4 5. Ne5 Nf6 6. d4 exd3 7. Bxd3