Chess opening · ECO C40
Elephant Gambit
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d5
Elephant Gambit is catalogued under ECO code C40. It is reached after 2 moves (4 half-moves): 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d5. After the last move it is White to play. White opens 1. e4. It is the defining line of the Elephant Gambit family, which has 4 catalogued lines in total.