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C35

King's Gambit Accepted: Cunningham Defense

The King's Gambit Accepted: Cunningham Defense is a chess opening classified under ECO code C35. Below are the best example games from master play.

Top Players in this Opening

Spassky, Boris V4 gamesBronstein, David I3 gamesNepomniachtchi,I2 gamesShort, Nigel D2 gamesKeres, Paul1 gamesLasker, Emanuel1 gamesMorphy, Paul1 gamesNajdorf, Miguel1 gamesRapport,R1 gamesSteinitz, William1 games

Related Openings

C30 - King's Gambit126C31 - King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit37C32 - King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Alapin Variation26C33 - King's Gambit Accepted124C34 - King's Gambit Accepted: Greco Gambit71C36 - King's Gambit Accepted: Modern Defense94C37 - King's Gambit Accepted: Kotov Gambit29C38 - King's Gambit Accepted: Greco Gambit21C39 - King's Gambit Accepted: Allgaier Gambit74

Best Games

Nepomniachtchi,I vs Caruana,F1/2-1/2
Saint Louis Blitz 2022 2022Notable
Short, Nigel D vs Kasparov, Gary1/2-1/2
London rapid m theme 1993
Spassky, Boris V vs Najdorf, Miguel1/2-1/2
Varna olm 1962
Nepomniachtchi,I vs Oliveira,T11-0
Titled Tue 6th Feb Late 2024
Sharma,Di vs Rapport,R0-1
FSGM February 2010
Short, Nigel D vs Piket, Jeroen1-0
Torneo Magistral 6th 1997
Spassky, Boris V vs Hermann, Manfred1-0
Bundesliga 8485 1985
Spassky, Boris V vs Kholmov, Ratmir D1-0
URS-ch31 playoff-1pl 1964
Spassky, Boris V vs Liberzon, Vladimir M1/2-1/2
URS-ch27 1960
Bronstein, David I vs Lemoine, Claude1-0
Munich olm prel 1958
Bronstein, David I vs Ivkov, Borislav1/2-1/2
EU-chT 1957
Lutikov, Anatoly S vs Kortschnoj, Viktor1-0
Chigorin mem 1951
Keres, Paul vs Alatortsev, Vladimir0-1
URS-ch18 1950
Bronstein, David I vs Koblencs, Aleksandrs1-0
URS-ch14 1945
Kramer, Haije vs Euwe, Max0-1
NLD m 1941
Lasker, Emanuel vs Dale, E.0-1
GBR tour sim 1908
Steinitz, William vs Bird, Henry Edward1-0
Vienna 1873
Morphy, Paul vs Mac Connel, James1-0
New Orleans 1849

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