The Göring Attack is a chess opening characterised by the moves:

abcdefgh
8
a8 black rook
c8 black bishop
d8 black queen
e8 black king
g8 black knight
h8 black rook
a7 black pawn
b7 black pawn
c7 black pawn
f7 black pawn
g7 black pawn
h7 black pawn
b6 black bishop
d6 black pawn
a5 black knight
g5 white bishop
c4 white bishop
d4 white pawn
e4 white pawn
c3 white knight
f3 white knight
a2 white pawn
f2 white pawn
g2 white pawn
h2 white pawn
a1 white rook
d1 white queen
f1 white rook
g1 white king
8
77
66
55
44
33
22
11
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Göring Attack
1. e4 e5
2. Nf3 Nc6
3. Bc4 Bc5
4. b4 Bxb4
5. c3 Bc5
6. 0-0 d6
7. d4 exd4
8. cxd4 Bb6
9. Nc3 Na5
10. Bg5

The Göring Attack is a variation of the Evans Gambit (4.b4). After the Evans Gambit is accepted (4...Bxb4) and the riposte (5.c3) has prompted the defensive 5...Bc5 (the second most popular retreat), play continues until 10.Bg5, the defining move of the Göring Attack. It is named after Carl Theodor Göring, who played it in several games against Johannes Minckwitz in 1869. The Göring Attack came into fashion after Mikhail Chigorin played it against Wilhelm Steinitz in 1883. We are told Tchigorin scored his most brilliant successes with this variation.[1] Modern Chess Openings describes it as a "tricky" opening, "which can be refuted only if you know the right moves".[2]

Notes

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  1. ^ "Chess". The Press. 29 April 1899. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
  2. ^ de Firmian, Nicholas. Modern Chess Openings. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
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