Tree path 5 levels King's Pawn Game › King's Gambit › King's Gambit Declined: Classical Variation › King's Gambit Declined: Classical Variation › Rubinstein Countergambit
- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game C20
- King's Gambit C30
- King's Gambit Declined: Classical Variation C30
- King's Gambit Declined: Classical Variation C30
- Rubinstein Countergambit C30 you are here
King's Gambit Declined: Classical Variation, Rubinstein Countergambit
Overview
King's Gambit Declined: Classical Variation, Rubinstein Countergambit is a sacrificial opening line filed under ECO C30 in the Open Games group. The defining idea is the early concession of material to seize the initiative and unbalance the position.
The Open Games group covers open games — classical 1.e4 e5 openings where both sides contest the centre directly with pawns.
Play reaches this position via 1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. c3 f5, after 8 plies of opening development.
In the opening tree, this line branches off from King's Gambit Declined: Classical Variation, part of the broader King's Pawn Game system.
It continues primarily into one named line, King's Gambit Declined: Classical, Réti Variation.
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- ECO code
- C30
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 8
- Direct variations
- 1
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