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King's Gambit

chess opening 1. e4 e5 2. f4
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King's Gambit

Summary

King's Gambit ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,134 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • King's Gambit is credited with the discovery of Luis Ramírez de Lucena[2].
  • King's Gambit is a type of gambit[3].
  • King's Gambit is a type of Open Game[4].
  • King's Gambit is part of chess terminology[5].
  • King's Gambit's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1497[6].
  • King's Gambit's sport is recorded as chess[7].
  • King's Gambit's topic's main category is recorded as Q9042620[8].
  • King's Gambit's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://chess.stackexchange.com/tags/kings-gambit[9].
  • King's Gambit's Portable Game Notation is recorded as e4 e5[10].
  • King's Gambit's Portable Game Notation is recorded as f4[11].
  • King's Gambit's position in Forsyth-Edwards Notation is recorded as rnbqkbnr/pppp1ppp/8/4p3/4PP2/8/PPPP2PP/RNBQKBNR b KQkq f3 0 2[12].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include gambit[3] and Open Game[4].

Use and Application

King's Gambit is part of chess terminology[5].

Why It Matters

King's Gambit ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,134 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[14]

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Direct Wikidata claims

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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [14] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikidata description → chess opening 1. e4 e5 2. f4
    Part of → chess terminology
    Sport → chess
    Discoverer or inventor → Luis Ramírez de Lucena
    + 5 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|1 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007530381705171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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