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King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Staunton Line
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1.e4e52.f4d53.exd5e4
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King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Staunton Line1.7M games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
29%486k47%
13%208k45%
8.8%147k45%
7.8%130k49%
3.1%52k45%
1.9%32k41%
1.4%24k45%
0.5%8.3k34%
Famous games in this line193 master games
Rapport, R. (2736) – Bu Xiangzhi (2729)Short, Nigel D (2655) – Karjakin, Sergey (2727)Spassky, Boris V (2690) – Bronstein, David I (2590)Zvjaginsev, Vadim (2663) – Chadaev, Nikolay (2535)Varga, Zoltan (2495) – Gyimesi, Zoltan (2605)Planinec, Albin (2520) – Vasiukov, Evgeni (2575)Ehlvest, Jaan (2593) – Handoko, Edhi (2435)Bronstein, David I (2540) – Vaisman, Volodia (2485)Heroes of this opening Short, Nigel D · Zvjaginsev, Vadim · Vasiukov, Evgeni · Ehlvest, Jaan
- Family
- King's Gambit
- Category
- Gambit
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- C31
- Line
- 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4
GambitSharp
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King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Anderssen Attack4.Bb5King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Gambit4.d3 · 7 deeper linesKing's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Rubinstein Variation4.Nc3 Nf6 5.Qe2King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Gambit Accepted4.d3 Nf6 5.dxe4 · 4 deeper lines
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From the archives
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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