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King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit
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1.e4e52.f4d5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit5.8M games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
4.4%259k32%
2%119k46%
0.6%33k47%
0.4%25k46%
0.2%14k44%
0.2%11k43%
Famous games in this line864 master games
Carlsen, Magnus (2813) – Wang, Yue (2752)Nakamura, Hikaru (2775) – Tomashevsky, Evgeny (2738)Nepomniachtchi, I. (2792) – Niemann, Hans Moke (2687)Rapport, R. (2736) – Bu Xiangzhi (2729)Ivanchuk, V. (2726) – Le Quang Liem (2737)Carlsen, Magnus (2837) – Chadaev, Nikolay (2580)Zvjaginsev, V. (2655) – Jakovenko, D. (2745)Short, Nigel D (2655) – Karjakin, Sergey (2727)Heroes of this opening Carlsen, Magnus · Niemann, Hans Moke · Short, Nigel D
- Family
- King's Gambit
- Category
- Gambit
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- C31
- Line
- 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5
GambitSharp
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King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit Accepted3.exd5 · 15 deeper linesKing's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Blackburne Attack3.Nf3King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Hinrichsen Gambit3.d4King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Milner-Barry Variation3.Nc3 · 1 deeper line
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For three centuries the King's Gambit was the main line of attacking chess. Anderssen's Immortal Game — London, 1851, played casually alongside the tournament — opens 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 and gives up a bishop, both rooks and the queen. Then Fischer, after losing to Spassky's at Mar del Plata in 1960, published 'A Bust to the King's Gambit' in 1961. It has never been the same — and it still wins miniatures every day.
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