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King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit Accepted
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1.e4e52.f4d53.exd5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit Accepted3.8M games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
17%660k43%
0.8%31k45%
0.2%7.3k41%
0.1%4.7k46%
0%98643%
0%97748%
Famous games in this line833 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 3. exd5
GambitSharp
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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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