ECO C00

French Defense: Carlson Gambit

French Defense: Carlson Gambit is a chess opening classified under ECO C00. Its defining line here is 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Ne5.

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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Ne5

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The diagram shows the position after 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Ne5. Play through it move by move in the interactive explorer.

Opening name, ECO code, and main line come from the Lichess open chess openings dataset.

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