C20 · King's Pawn Game

King's Pawn Game: Weber Gambit

1. e4 e5 2. d3 d5 3. exd5 c6 4. dxc6 Nxc6
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The position after 1. e4 e5 2. d3 d5 3. exd5 c6 4. dxc6 Nxc6, White to move.

In the King's Pawn Game: Weber Gambit, aim to understand the plans and pawn structures, not just memorize the first moves.

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The King's Pawn Game: Weber Gambit is a chess opening classified under ECO code C20. It is reached after the moves 1. e4 e5 2. d3 d5 3. exd5 c6 4. dxc6 Nxc6: 8 moves in, with White to play.

It belongs to the King's Pawn Game family — one of many ways the line can branch. Understanding the parent system’s plans is the fastest way to play this variation well.

Club players rarely lose the King's Pawn Game: Weber Gambit in the opening itself. They lose it a few moves later, when the plan behind the moves runs out: that is what reading your own games in this line shows you.

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