C31 · Gambit · a plan for White
King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Milner-Barry Variation
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1.e4e52.f4d53.Nc3
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King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Milner-Barry Variation292k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
46%133k50%
23%68k50%
21%61k52%
1.3%3.9k40%
0.9%2.7k42%
0.5%1.3k41%
0.4%1.1k42%
0.3%98037%
0.1%29745%
Famous games in this line3 master games
Mastrovasilis, Athanasios (2539) – Mastrovasilis, Dimitrios (2583)Tologontegin, S. (2304) – Zarubitski, Viachaslau (2409)Svatos, Jan (2320) – Fuksik, Jakub (2210)- Family
- King's Gambit
- Category
- Gambit
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- C31
- Line
- 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. Nc3
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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