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  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, Main Line C32
  10. King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Tarrasch Variation C32 you are here
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King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Tarrasch Variation

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Overview

King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Tarrasch Variation 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.

It begins with 16 plies and takes 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. d3 Nf6 5. dxe4 Nxe4 6. Nf3 Bc5 7. Qe2 Bf5 8. g4 O-O to reach the canonical position.

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

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ECO code
C32
Group
Open Games (C)
Plies
16
Parent
King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Gambit, Main Line

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