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French Defense

Hoffmann Gambit

C00gambitoffbeataggressive

  1. 1.e4e6
  2. 2.d4d5
  3. 3.Qe2e5
  4. 4.f4exf4

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An offbeat French Defense gambit in which White, after the early queen move 3. Qe2, gives up the f-pawn with 4. f4 to open lines in the center.

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About the Hoffmann Gambit

The Hoffmann Gambit is a rarely seen C00 sideline of the French Defense. Instead of defending, advancing or exchanging the e4-pawn, White plays 3. Qe2, and Black answers with 3...e5, striking back in the center. With 4. f4 exf4 White gives up a pawn, in the manner of the King's Gambit, to half-open the f-file while keeping pawns on d4 and e4. The queen on e2 eyes the half-open e-file, and Black's extra pawn on f4 stands doubled in front of the f7-pawn.

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