About this opening
Latvian Gambit: Behting Variation is an opening in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings,
classified under code C40. 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 14 half-moves from the
starting position, with the move sequence 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Bc4 fxe4 4. Nxe5 Qg5 5. Nf7 Qxg2 6. Rf1 d5 7. Nxh8 Nf6.
It belongs to the Latvian Gambit family. Within that family this is a sub-variation (the Behting Variation line).
The opening sequence in prose form: 1.e4 e5, 2.Nf3 f5, 3.Bc4 fxe4, 4.Nxe5 Qg5, 5.Nf7 Qxg2, 6.Rf1 d5. 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.
Use the interactive board above to walk through the moves position-by-position. Click any move in the navigation to step backwards, or use the keyboard arrow keys. For statistical data — how often master-level players have reached this position, White's win-rate, draw frequency, Black's score — see the panel in the right column.
Caissly's coverage of C40 extends through every named sub-variation in this line and across all four locales (English, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian). Where editorial commentary exists for a specific variation it appears as the page body; otherwise the page presents the structural data, board, and statistics as shown here.