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King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Alapin Variation

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1.e4e52.f4d53.exd5e44.d3Nf65.dxe4Nxe46.Nf3Bc57.Qe2Bf2+8.Kd1Qxd5+9.Nfd2
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Alapin Variation1.8k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
49%85530%
24%42519%
20%34924%
5.4%9619%
0.5%825%
0.5%825%
0.3%50%
0.3%520%
0.2%450%
0.2%30%
Famous games in this line7 master games
Neuman, Petr (2428) – Trmal, Jaroslav (2272)20041–0Malinin, Vasily B (2434) – Gusev, Leonid (2239)20021–0Jonkman, Harmen (2345) – Denayer, Eric (2240)19930–1Pankin, Eugeny (2265) – Shianovsky, Vladislav I (2295)20031–0Tobyas, Miroslav (2272) – Tichy, Vladimir (2284)20051–0Schaack, Harry (2282) – Oumnov, Aleksei (2233)19991–0Stojkovic, Miroljub (2273) – Lukic, Milutin (2241)20031–0
Heroes of this opening Neuman, Petr · Malinin, Vasily B · Denayer, Eric · Pankin, Eugeny
Family
King's Gambit
Category
Gambit
First move
1.e4
ECO
C32
Line
1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. d3 Nf6 5. dxe4 Nxe4 6. Nf3 Bc5 7. Qe2 Bf2+ 8. Kd1 Qxd5+ 9. Nfd2
GambitSharp
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For three centuries chess WAS the King's Gambit — Anderssen's Immortal Game (1851), sacrificing both rooks and the queen, opens 1.e4 e5 2.f4. Then Fischer, furious after losing to Spassky's, published 'A Bust to the King's Gambit' (1961). It's never been the same — and it still wins miniatures every day.

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