King's Gambit Declined: Classical Variation, Walthoffen Attack
ECO: C30Open Games1.e4 e5 2.f4 Bc5 3.Qh5
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About the King's Gambit Declined: Classical Variation, Walthoffen Attack
The King's Gambit Declined: Classical Variation, Walthoffen Attack is a line of the King's Gambit Declined, catalogued under ECO code C30 in the Open Games section of the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings.
It arises after 1.e4 e5 2.f4 Bc5 3.Qh5, with White playing the move that gives the line its name.
The King's Gambit Declined has 53 named lines in our opening book; the ones closest to this position are listed below.
Other lines of the King's Gambit Declined
- King's Gambit Declined: Classical VariationC30 · 1.e4 e5 2.f4 Bc5
- King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer CountergambitC31 · 1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5
- King's Gambit Declined: Keene's DefenseC30 · 1.e4 e5 2.f4 Qh4+
- King's Gambit Declined: Mafia DefenseC30 · 1.e4 c5 2.f4 e5
- King's Gambit Declined: Norwalde VariationC30 · 1.e4 e5 2.f4 Qf6
- King's Gambit Declined: Panteldakis CountergambitC30 · 1.e4 e5 2.f4 f5
- King's Gambit Declined: Petrov's DefenseC30 · 1.e4 e5 2.f4 Nf6
- King's Gambit Declined: Queen's Knight DefenseC30 · 1.e4 e5 2.f4 Nc6