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Opening· 6 plies

King's Pawn Game: MacLeod Attack, Norwalde Gambit

An entry in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (ECO C20), reached after 6 half-moves: 1. e4 e5 2. c3 d5 3. Qh5 Bd6.

King's Pawn Game: MacLeod Attack, Norwalde Gambit ECO C20
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About this opening

King's Pawn Game: MacLeod Attack, Norwalde Gambit is an opening in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings, classified under code C20. ECO group C (C00–C99) covers open games (1.e4 e5) and the French Defence, including the Ruy Lopez, Italian, Scotch and King's Gambit. This particular variation is reached after 6 half-moves from the starting position, with the move sequence 1. e4 e5 2. c3 d5 3. Qh5 Bd6.

It belongs to the King's Pawn Game family. Within that family this is a level-2 branch (the MacLeod Attack → Norwalde Gambit line). The immediate parent line is King's Pawn Game: MacLeod Attack, transitioned via 3…Bd6.

The opening sequence in prose form: 1.e4 e5, 2.c3 d5, 3.Qh5 Bd6. 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.