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Chess Opening Theory/1. e4/1...e5/2. f4/2...exf4/3. Nf3/3...g5/4. h4/4...g4/5. Ne5/5...d6/6. Nxg4
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tright Kieseritzky Gambit rd nd bd qd kd bd nd rd pd pd pd pd pd pd pl pd nl pl pl pl pl pl pl rl nl bl ql kl bl rl Common moves: 6...Nf6 - Main Line 6...Be7 - Staunton Variation
6...Nf6 is the usual move. Black aims to come out with a lead in development after an exchange of knights on f6, that will compensate for her suspect kingside pawn structure.
6...Be7 is a move that lay gathering dust on a shelf for a century and a half, between Howard Staunton losing a famous game with it against Baron Tassilo von Heydebrand und der Lasa in 1853 and the computers rediscovering it in the 1990s. It's had a very positive score from a small sample size. Black threatens to take White's pawn on h4, because taking pawns means you have more of them than your opponent does.King's Gambit