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King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit Accepted

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Overview

King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit Accepted belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO C31, 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.

Play reaches this position via 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5, after 5 plies of opening development.

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

The line splits into 4 documented sub-systems: King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Miles Gambit, King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Modern Transfer, King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Nimzowitsch-Marshall Countergambit, and others.

In total, the branch covers 16 sub-variations across all depths.

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ECO code
C31
Group
Open Games (C)
Plies
5
Parent
King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit
Direct variations
4
Total in subtree
16

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Statistics from Lichess

4,092,681 games · White 47.6% / Draw 4.1% / Black 48.4%

MovesGamesW / D / B
e41,761,253
exf41,352,244
Qxd5675,612
c6222,070
Nf631,866
Bc528,565
Qh4+7,458
Bd64,795

Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 01:11:27

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Variations (4)

Related variations at the same level

Sister lines that share the same parent King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit:

Show all 16 sub-variations (full subtree)

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