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King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Tarrasch Variation

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1.e4e52.f4d53.exd5e44.d3Nf65.dxe4Nxe46.Nf3Bc57.Qe2Bf58.g4O-O
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King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Tarrasch Variation199 games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
100%19939%
Famous games in this line1 master games
Konovalov, Nikolay (2443) – Popov, Ivan1 (2516)20060–1
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 8. g4 O-O
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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