King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Variation

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. d3 Nf6 5. dxe4 Nxe4 6. Qe2 Qxd5 7. Nd2 f5 8. g4

The King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO C32, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. d3 Nf6 5. dxe4 Nxe4 6. Qe2 Qxd5 7. Nd2 f5 8. g4. It is a line of the King's Gambit Declined. Black is to move.

This exact move order didn't appear in our sample of 12.6 million Lichess games: it's a rare line.

Engine evaluation: −0.56 (Stockfish, depth 23; best line 8… Nc6 9. c3 Be7 10. Bg2 Qf7 11. Nxe4)

ECO

C32

Moves

15 plies

FEN

rnb1kb1r/ppp3pp/8/3q1p2/4nPP1/8/PPPNQ2P/R1B1KBNR b KQkq - 0 8

PGN

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. d3 Nf6 5. dxe4 Nxe4 6. Qe2 Qxd5 7. Nd2 f5 8. g4

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Opening names and moves from the Lichess openings dataset; statistics from the Lichess open database, 2026-09 (CC0), sample of 12.6 million games, bots excluded; evaluations from Lichess cloud analysis (all CC0). Master games from The Week in Chess #920–#1664 by Mark Crowther, used with permission.