Petrov's Defense: Damiano Variation, Kholmov Gambit
ECO C42 · 675 games · White to move
What gets played next
| Move | Games | Share | White / draw / Black | Leads to |
| Qxe4 | 562 | 83.3% | | |
| d4 | 49 | 7.3% | | |
| Nf3 | 34 | 5.0% | | |
| d3 | 14 | 2.1% | | |
A further 16 games played a rarer move, or ended right here.
How this line is reached
Other lines in this family
Damiano VariationC42…1,544Petrov's DefenseC42…15,292Petrov's DefenseC42… 3... d66,237Petrov's DefenseC42… 3... d6 4. Nf35,386Stafford GambitC42… 3... Nc65,304Petrov's DefenseC42… 3... d6 4. Nf3 Nxe45,273Stafford Gambit AcceptedC42… 3... Nc6 4. Nxc6 dxc64,371Stafford Gambit AcceptedC42… 3... Nc6 4. Nxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bc52,210Classical AttackC42… 3... d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d42,112Stafford Gambit AcceptedC42… 3... Nc6 4. Nxc6 dxc6 5. Nc3 Bc51,369
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Data: 4 million rated games from the Lichess open database (CC0), both players 1600+, blitz and slower. Popular is not the same as good.