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, Nimzowitsch-Marshall Countergambit › King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Pickler 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, Nimzowitsch-Marshall Countergambit C31
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King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Pickler Gambit
Overview
King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Pickler Gambit 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.
It is reached after 8 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 c6 4. dxc6 Bc5.
It is a variation of King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Nimzowitsch-Marshall Countergambit, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.
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- ECO code
- C31
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 8
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