King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit
ECO: C31Open Games1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5
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About the King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit
The King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit is a line of the King's Gambit Declined, catalogued under ECO code C31 in the Open Games section of the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings.
It arises after 1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5, with Black playing the move that gives the line its name.
The King's Gambit Declined has 53 named lines in our opening book; the ones closest to this position are listed below.
Where the line goes next
- King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit AcceptedC31 · 1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5
- King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Blackburne AttackC31 · 1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.Nf3
- King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Hinrichsen GambitC31 · 1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.d4
- King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Milner-Barry VariationC31 · 1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.Nc3
- King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Miles GambitC31 · 1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 Bc5
- King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Modern TransferC31 · 1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 exf4
- King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Nimzowitsch-Marshall CountergambitC31 · 1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 c6
- King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Staunton LineC31 · 1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 e4
Other lines of the King's Gambit Declined
- King's Gambit Declined: Classical VariationC30 · 1.e4 e5 2.f4 Bc5
- King's Gambit Declined: Keene's DefenseC30 · 1.e4 e5 2.f4 Qh4+
- King's Gambit Declined: Mafia DefenseC30 · 1.e4 c5 2.f4 e5
- King's Gambit Declined: Norwalde VariationC30 · 1.e4 e5 2.f4 Qf6
- King's Gambit Declined: Panteldakis CountergambitC30 · 1.e4 e5 2.f4 f5
- King's Gambit Declined: Petrov's DefenseC30 · 1.e4 e5 2.f4 Nf6
- King's Gambit Declined: Queen's Knight DefenseC30 · 1.e4 e5 2.f4 Nc6
- King's Gambit Declined: Zilbermints Double CountergambitC30 · 1.e4 e5 2.f4 g5