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Opening· 9 plies

King's Pawn Game: Tayler Opening, Basman Gambit

An entry in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (ECO C44), reached after 9 half-moves: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Be2 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5.

King's Pawn Game: Tayler Opening, Basman Gambit ECO C44
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About this opening

King's Pawn Game: Tayler Opening, Basman Gambit is an opening in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings, classified under code C44. 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 9 half-moves from the starting position, with the move sequence 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Be2 Nf6 4. d4 exd4 5. e5.

It belongs to the King's Pawn Game family. Within that family this is a level-2 branch (the Tayler Opening → Basman Gambit line). The immediate parent line is King's Pawn Game: Tayler Opening, transitioned via 5.e5.

The opening sequence in prose form: 1.e4 e5, 2.Nf3 Nc6, 3.Be2 Nf6, 4.d4 exd4, 5.e5. 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.