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Blumenfeld Countergambit: Spielmann Variation

An entry in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (ECO E10), reached after 12 half-moves: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. Bg5 exd5 6. cxd5 h6.

Blumenfeld Countergambit: Spielmann Variation ECO E10
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About this opening

Blumenfeld Countergambit: Spielmann Variation is an opening in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings, classified under code E10. ECO group E (E00–E99) covers Indian defences against 1.d4, covering the Nimzo-Indian, Queen's Indian, King's Indian and Catalan systems. This particular variation is reached after 12 half-moves from the starting position, with the move sequence 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. Bg5 exd5 6. cxd5 h6.

It belongs to the Blumenfeld Countergambit family. Within that family this is a sub-variation (the Spielmann Variation line).

The opening sequence in prose form: 1.d4 Nf6, 2.c4 e6, 3.Nf3 c5, 4.d5 b5, 5.Bg5 exd5, 6.cxd5 h6. From this position the encyclopaedia records no further canonical continuations — practical play branches into unnamed transpositions or returns to the parent line for alternative ideas.