Tree path 6 levels King's Pawn Game › Vienna Game › Falkbeer Variation › Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit › Main Line › King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Gambit, Morphy Defense
- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game C20
- Vienna Game C25
- Falkbeer Variation C26
- Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit C29
- Main Line C29
- King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Gambit, Morphy Defense C31 you are here
King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Gambit, Morphy Defense
Overview
King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Gambit, Morphy Defense is a gambit, classified under ECO code C31 within the Open Games family. As with all gambits, one side sacrifices material early — usually a pawn — in exchange for development, open lines, or initiative.
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. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. exd5 e4 5. d3 Bb4 6. Bd2 e3, after 12 plies of opening development.
It is a variation of Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Main Line, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.
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- ECO code
- C31
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 12
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