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King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit
Overview
King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit is a sacrificial opening line filed under ECO C31 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.
The line arises from 4 plies — specifically the moves 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5.
In the opening tree, this line branches off from King's Gambit, part of the broader King's Pawn Game system.
4 named variations grow from this line, including King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit Accepted, Blackburne Attack, Hinrichsen Gambit, and others.
Together the deeper variations number 21 across the full subtree.
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- ECO code
- C31
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 4
- Parent
- King's Gambit
- Direct variations
- 4
- Total in subtree
- 21
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Statistics from Lichess
6,178,512 games · White 46.7% / Draw 3.9% / Black 49.3%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| exd5 | 4,093,063 | |
| Nf3 | 1,147,039 | |
| Nc3 | 293,409 | |
| fxe5 | 264,015 | |
| d4 | 150,391 | |
| d3 | 122,170 | |
| Qe2 | 33,862 | |
| Qf3 | 25,538 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 01:02:02
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Variations (4)
Show all 21 sub-variations (full subtree)
- C31 King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit Accepted 5-ply
- C31 Blackburne Attack 5-ply
- C31 Hinrichsen Gambit 5-ply
- C31 Milner-Barry Variation 5-ply
- C31 King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Miles Gambit 6-ply
- C31 King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Modern Transfer 6-ply
- C31 King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Nimzowitsch-Marshall Countergambit 6-ply
- C31 King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Staunton Line 6-ply
- C31 Van Geet Opening: Grünfeld Defense, Steiner Gambit 7-ply
- C31 King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Anderssen Attack 7-ply
- C31 King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Gambit 7-ply
- C31 King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Pickler Gambit 8-ply
- C31 King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Rubinstein Variation 9-ply
- C32 King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Gambit Accepted 9-ply
- C32 Keres Variation 9-ply
- C32 Old Line 9-ply
- C32 King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Alapin Variation 17-ply
- C32 King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Gambit 11-ply
- C32 King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Gambit, Main Line 14-ply
- C32 King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Variation 15-ply
- C32 King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Tarrasch Variation 16-ply