Tree path 6 levels King's Pawn Game › King's Gambit › King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit › King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit Accepted › King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Staunton Line › King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Gambit
- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game C20
- King's Gambit C30
- King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit C31
- King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit Accepted C31
- King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Staunton Line C31
- King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Gambit C31 you are here
King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Gambit
Overview
King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Gambit belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO C31, Open Games). It trades material for attacking chances — a classic trade-off that has fascinated players from the Romantic era to modern correspondence chess.
The Open Games group covers open games — classical 1.e4 e5 openings where both sides contest the centre directly with pawns.
The line arises from 7 plies — specifically the moves 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. d3.
The line refines King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Staunton Line, which traces back to the root opening King's Pawn Game.
The line splits into 3 documented sub-systems: King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Gambit Accepted, Keres Variation, Old Line.
Together the deeper variations number 8 across the full subtree.
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- ECO code
- C31
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 7
- Direct variations
- 3
- Total in subtree
- 8
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Variations (3)
Show all 8 sub-variations (full subtree)
- C32 King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Gambit Accepted 9-ply
- C32 Keres Variation 9-ply
- C32 Old Line 9-ply
- C32 King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Alapin Variation 17-ply
- C32 King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Gambit 11-ply
- C32 King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Gambit, Main Line 14-ply
- C32 King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Variation 15-ply
- C32 King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Tarrasch Variation 16-ply