History
The opening was originally known as the Greco Counter Gambit, and some modern writers still refer to it as such. That name recognised the Italian player Gioachino Greco (1600–34), who contributed to the early theory of the opening. The new name Latvian Gambit was made official by the FIDE Congress of 1937. The name was a tribute to the Latvian players, notably Karlis Betins, who analysed it in the early part of the 20th century.
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