Falkbeer Counter-gambit

Falkbeer Counter-gambit

The Falkbeer Counter-Gambit is one of the most aggressive openings for black. It is a direct counter attack against the King's Gambit of white. One of the great things about this counter is that it destroys all the lines that a king's gambit player may have planned on using. There are also lots of traps that white will have to look out for as his king is very exposed even after the second move.

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. d3 Bb4 6. Bd2 e3
7. Bxe3 O-O 8. Bd2 Bxc3 9. bxc3 Re8+ 10. Be2 Bg4 11. c4 c6
12. dxc6 Nxc6 13. Kf1 Rxe2 14. Nxe2 Nd4 15. Qb1 Bxe2+ 16. Kf2
Ng4+ 17. Kg1 Nf3+ 18. gxf3 Qd4+ 19. Kg2 Qf2+ 20. Kh3 Qxf3+
21. Kh4 Nh6 22. Qg1 Nf5+ 23. Kg5 Qh5# 0-1

Mikhail Chigorin vs Eugene Aleksandrovich Znosko-Borovsky

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. Bb5+ c6 5. dxc6 Nxc6 6. d4
Qa5+ 7. Nc3 Bb4 8. Bd2 Nf6 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Bxc3
Qc7 12. Ne2 Ba6 13. Qd2 O-O 14. Ba5 Qd7 15. O-O-O e3 16. Qe1
Ne4 17. Nc3 Nf2 18. Qxe3 Nxh1 19. Rxh1 Rfe8 20. Qf2 Qf5
21. Bb4 Re6 22. Qf3 Rae8 23. g4 Qf6 24. Qf2 Re3 25. d5 cxd5
26. Nxd5 Qc6 27. Rd1 Re2 28. Qc5 Qg6 29. Ne7+ R8xe7 30. Rd8+
Re8 31. Qf8+ 1-0

NN vs Emanuel Lasker
1900

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4 4. Nxe5 Bd6 5. Nc4 Bxf4 6. Nc3
Qh4+ 7. g3 Bxg3+ 8. Ke2 Bg4+ 9. Ke3 Bf2+ 10. Kxe4 Be2+ 11. Kd5
Ne7+ 12. Ke5 Nd7# 0-1

Jakob Rosanes vs Adolf Anderssen
Breslau - 1862
King's Gambit: Falkbeer Countergambit. Anderssen Attack
[Result 0-1]

1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 e4 4.Bb5+ c6 5.dxc6 Nxc6 6.Nc3 Nf6
7.Qe2 Bc5 8.Nxe4 O-O 9.Bxc6 bxc6 10.d3 Re8 11.Bd2 Nxe4 12.dxe4
Bf5 13.e5 Qb6 14.O-O-O Bd4 15.c3 Rab8 16.b3 Red8 17.Nf3 Qxb3
18.axb3 Rxb3 19.Be1 Be3+ 0-1

John William Schulten vs Paul Morphy
Morphy vs. Schulten 1857
King's Gambit: Falkbeer Countergambit. Staunton Line (C31)
[Result 1-0]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bc4 c6 6. d3 Bb4
7. dxe4 Nxe4 8. Bd2 Bxc3 9. Bxc3 O-O 10. Qh5 Re8 11. O-O-O
Nxc3 12. bxc3 Qa5 13. Kb2 g6 14. Qh6 Bg4 15. Nf3 Bxf3 16. gxf3
b5 17. f5 bxc4 18. f6 1-0

Wilhelm Hanstein vs Carl Friedrich Von Jaenisch
Berlin 1842
Chess opening-King's Gambit: Falkbeer Countergambit. Accepted (C31)
[Result 1-0]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. Nc3 Qe6 5. fxe5 Qxe5+ 6. Be2
Bd6 7. Nf3 Qa5 8. d4 Nf6 9. Bd2 Bb4 10. a3 Bxc3 11. Bxc3 Qb6
12. Bb4 Na6 13. c3 Nxb4 14. axb4 O-O 15. Ra5 a6 16. O-O Be6
17. Ne5 Rad8 18. Bd3 Nd5 19. Qh5 h6 20. Rf3 Nxb4 21. cxb4
Qxd4+ 22. Kh1 Qxb4 23. Ra1 Qxb2 24. Raf1 c5 25. Nxf7 Bxf7
26. Rxf7 Rxf7 27. Qxf7+ Kh8 28. Qf8+ 1-0

Jules Arnous De Riviere vs Paul Journoud
Paris m/1 1859
Chess opening-King's Gambit: Falkbeer Countergambit. Modern Transfer (C31)
[Result 0-1]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 exf4 4. Nf3 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Qd8 6. d4
Bd6 7. Bc4 Nf6 8. O-O O-O 9. Ne5 Bxe5 10. dxe5 Qxd1 11. Rxd1
Ng4 12. Bxf4 Nc6 13. Nd5 Be6 14. Re1 Rfe8 15. h3 Ngxe5
16. Bxe5 Bxd5 17. Bxd5 Nxe5 18. Bxb7 Rab8 19. Bd5 Rxb2 20. Bb3
c5 21. Rad1 Kf8 22. Ba4 Re6 23. Rd8+ Ke7 24. Re8+ Kf6 25. Rf1+
Kg6 26. Rc8 c4 27. Rc7 a6 28. Ra1 Rb4 29. Bd7 Rd6 30. Bc8 Rb2
31. g4 Kg5 32. Rc5 f6 33. Rc7 Rxc2 34. Rxg7+ Kf4 35. Bb7 Nf3+
36. Bxf3 Kxf3 37. Rf7 Kg3 38. a4 c3 39. Rc7 Rdd2 0-1