Tree path 5 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, Miles Gambit
- Caissa Codex
- King's Pawn Game C20
- King's Gambit C30
- King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit C31
- King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit Accepted C31
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King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Miles Gambit
Overview
King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Miles 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.
It is reached after 6 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 Bc5.
The line refines King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit Accepted, which traces back to the root opening King's Pawn Game.
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- ECO code
- C31
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 6
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Statistics from Lichess
28,548 games · White 48.0% / Draw 3.0% / Black 49.0%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| Nf3 | 15,526 | |
| fxe5 | 4,037 | |
| Nc3 | 3,443 | |
| c4 | 1,298 | |
| d4 | 1,003 | |
| Qe2 | 595 | |
| Bc4 | 591 | |
| c3 | 558 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 01:24:24
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