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King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Hinrichsen Gambit

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1.e4e52.f4d53.d4
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King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Hinrichsen Gambit141k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
49%69k46%
26%37k53%
17%24k54%
2.3%3.2k52%
1.7%2.4k48%
1.4%2.0k42%
1%1.5k47%
0.4%58543%
0.3%38042%
0.3%37839%
Famous games in this line4 master games
Mikhaletz, L. (2405)Solovchuk, A. (2391)2016½–½Kleman, Miroslav (2207)Banusz, Tamas (2588)20130–1Pascual Arevalo, Antonio Ruben (2259)Gonzalez Fuente, Carlos (2244)2000½–½Josefsson, Kenneth (2200)Engstrom, Kaj (2200)19830–1
Heroes of this opening Banusz, Tamas · Engstrom, Kaj
Category
Gambit
First move
1.e4
ECO
C31
Line
1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. d4
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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