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Chess Opening Theory/1. e4/1...e5/2. Nf3/2...d5/3. exd5

Elephant gambit
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Position in Forsyth-Edwards Notation (FEN)
Moves: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5
ECO code: C40
Parent: Elephant gambit

3. exd5

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White accepts the gambit.

3...Qxd5?!, recapturing the pawn immediately, allows 4. Nc3 with tempo. Black has to move their queen again and they give White a development lead.

3...e4 is the main move. White's knight is hanging and moving it to 4. Ne5? or 4. Nd4? concedes the initiative to Black after 4...Qxd5!, attacking the knight again. Therefore the only move is 4. Qe2, pinning the pawn. 4...Nf6 5. d3! Qxd5 6. Nbd2 Nc6 7. dxe4±.

3...Bd6 is the Maróczy gambit.

3...Nf6!? transposes into Jobava's gambit in the Petrov defence after 4. Nxe5. An advantage of this approach is that Black can meet either 3. Nxe5 or 3. exd5 in the same way: they transpose after 3...Nf6!? 4. exd5 or 3...Nf6!? 4. Nxe5 respectively.

Theory table

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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d5 3. exd5

3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Elephant gambit ...
e4
Qe2
Nf6
d3
Qxd5
Nbd2
Nc6
dxe4 ±
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...
Nc3
Bb4
Bd2?
Bxc3
Bxc3
O-O
dxe4
Nxe4
=
...
Qxd5?!
Nc3
Qc5
Bb5+
c6
Ba4
Be7
O-O
Maróczy gambit ...
Bd6
d4
e4
Ne5
Nf6
c4

References

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See also

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Chess Opening Theory
1. e4 e5
Open game
2. Nf3
With 2...Nc6:
  • Four knights ( )
  • Italian game ( )
  • Spanish game ( )

With other 2nd moves:

2. Other
1. e4 c5
Sicilian defence
1. e4 ...other: