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Tree path 9 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 › King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Variation
  1. Chess Codex
  2. King's Pawn Game C20
  3. King's Gambit C30
  4. King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit C31
  5. King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit Accepted C31
  6. King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Staunton Line C31
  7. King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Gambit C31
  8. King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Gambit Accepted C32
  9. King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Gambit C32
  10. King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Variation C32 you are here
C32

King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Variation

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Overview

King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Variation is a sacrificial opening line filed under ECO C32 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 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. d3 Nf6 5. dxe4 Nxe4 6. Qe2 Qxd5 7. Nd2 f5 8. g4, after 15 plies of opening development.

In the opening tree, this line branches off from King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Gambit, part of the broader King's Pawn Game system.

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ECO code
C32
Group
Open Games (C)
Plies
15
Parent
King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Gambit

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