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King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Gambit, Main Line

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1.e4e52.f4d53.exd5e44.d3Nf65.dxe4Nxe46.Nf3Bc57.Qe2Bf5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Gambit, Main Line7.1k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
59%4.2k58%
23%1.6k43%
7.1%50252%
5.2%36649%
4.6%32433%
0.8%5824%
0.4%3135%
0.3%1850%
0.1%667%
0.1%50%
Famous games in this line26 master games
Bronstein, David I (2540) – Vaisman, Volodia (2485)19761–0Konovalov, Nikolay (2443) – Popov, Ivan1 (2516)20060–1Zelbel, P. (2432) – Pruijssers, R. (2503)20161–0Hoffmann, Ud (2304) – Meister, Jak (2441)20220–1Zajarnyi, Anatolyi (2355) – Pessi, Emil George (2355)19961–0Bricard, Emmanuel (2470) – Mancini, Mario (2235)1996½–½Smirnov, Artem (2435) – Rutman, Aleksandr (2261)2008½–½Arppi, Heikki (2319) – Kunz, Harry (2359)2008½–½
Heroes of this opening Bronstein, David I · Popov, Ivan1 · Zelbel, P. · Meister, Jak
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 Bf5
GambitSharp
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King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Tarrasch VariationC32 8.g4 O-O
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King's Gambit Accepted: Silberschmidt GambitC37 2…exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.Ne5 …King's Gambit Accepted: Middleton CountergambitC37 2…exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 d6 5.O-O …King's Gambit Accepted: Abbazia Defense, Main LineC36 2…exf4 3.Nf3 d5 4.exd5 Nf6 5.Bb5 …
From the archives

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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