ECO C42

Petrov's Defense: Damiano Variation, Kholmov Gambit

Petrov's Defense: Damiano Variation, Kholmov Gambit is a chess opening classified under ECO C42. Its defining line here is 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Nxe4 4. Qe2 Qe7.

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Nxe4 4. Qe2 Qe7

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The diagram shows the position after 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Nxe4 4. Qe2 Qe7. 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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