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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, Staunton Line › King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Gambit
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  6. King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Staunton Line C31
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C31

King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Gambit

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Overview

King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Gambit 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.

The line arises from 7 plies — specifically the moves 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. d3.

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

The line splits into 3 documented sub-systems: King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Gambit Accepted, Keres Variation, Old Line.

Together the deeper variations number 8 across the full subtree.

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ECO code
C31
Group
Open Games (C)
Plies
7
Parent
King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Staunton Line
Direct variations
3
Total in subtree
8

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Statistics from Lichess

570,037 games · White 48.7% / Draw 4.7% / Black 46.6%

MovesGamesW / D / B
Nf6281,880
Qxd5136,653
exd3102,941
f524,599
e37,254
Bf56,608
Bc54,379
Qh4+1,251

Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 01:38:03

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Variations (3)

Related variations at the same level

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

Show all 8 sub-variations (full subtree)

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