Library/Openings/King's Indian Defense/Four Pawns Attack/Florentine Gambit ECO E77
Opening· 17 plies

King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Florentine Gambit

An entry in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (ECO E77), reached after 17 half-moves: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Be2 exd5 9. e5.

King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Florentine Gambit ECO E77
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About this opening

King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Florentine Gambit is an opening in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings, classified under code E77. 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 17 half-moves from the starting position, with the move sequence 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f4 O-O 6. Nf3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Be2 exd5 9. e5.

It belongs to the King's Indian Defense family. Within that family this is a level-2 branch (the Four Pawns Attack → Florentine Gambit line). The immediate parent line is King's Indian Defense: Four Pawns Attack, transitioned via 9.e5.

The opening sequence in prose form: 1.d4 Nf6, 2.c4 g6, 3.Nc3 Bg7, 4.e4 d6, 5.f4 O-O, 6.Nf3 c5. 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.

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