Tree path 8 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 › King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Gambit Accepted › King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Gambit
C32

King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Gambit

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Overview

King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Gambit belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO C32, 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 11 plies — specifically the moves 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. d3 Nf6 5. dxe4 Nxe4 6. Qe2.

The line refines King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Gambit Accepted, which traces back to the root opening King's Pawn Game.

It continues primarily into one named line, King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Variation.

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ECO code
C32
Group
Open Games (C)
Plies
11
Parent
King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Gambit Accepted
Direct variations
1

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Variations (1)