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Latvian Gambit

The Latvian Gambit starts 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5. The opening book names 16 variations of it, under ECO C40 to C44.

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All 16 Latvian Gambit variations

  • C40Behting Variation1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Bc4 fxe4 4. Nxe5 Qg5 5. Nf7 Qxg2 6. Rf1 d5 7. Nxh8 Nf6
  • C40Corkscrew Countergambit1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Bc4 fxe4 4. Nxe5 Nf6
  • C40Corkscrew Gambit1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nxe5 Nf6 4. Bc4 fxe4 5. Nf7 Qe7 6. Nxh8 d5
  • C40Diepstraten Countergambit1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. c4
  • C40Fraser Defense1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nxe5 Nc6
  • C40Greco Variation1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nxe5 Qe7
  • C40Lobster Gambit1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. g4
  • C40Mason Countergambit1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. d4
  • C40Mayet Attack1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Bc4
  • C40Mayet Attack, Morgado Defense1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Bc4 Nf6
  • C40Mayet Attack, Poisoned Pawn Variation1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Bc4 fxe4 4. Nxe5 Qg5 5. d4 Qxg2
  • C40Mayet Attack, Polerio-Svedenborg Variation1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Bc4 fxe4 4. Nxe5 d5
  • C40Mayet Attack, Strautins Gambit1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Bc4 b5
  • C40Mlotkowski Variation1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nc3
  • C40Senechaud Gambit1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. b4
  • C44Clam Gambit1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d3 f5 4. exf5

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