King's Pawn Game: Schulze-Müller Gambit

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nxe5 Nxe5 4.d4

ECO C44

The King's Pawn Game: Schulze-Müller Gambit is a chess opening line in the King's Pawn Game complex, reached after 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nxe5 Nxe5 4.d4.

It is catalogued under code C44 in the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO).

The defining move d4 is chosen by White on move 4.

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