King's Gambit Declined

Black refuses the f-pawn, usually with d5 or with a setup that keeps the center closed. The Falkbeer Countergambit is the sharpest of these refusals. White still has the f-file idea, but Black has not given up the e-pawn.

53 lines in the book · ECO C30 to C32 · 9,750 tagged puzzles in the source database

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King's Gambit Declined: Mafia Defense

Play the next move in the line.

  1. e4
  2. c5
  3. f4
  4. e5

Move by move

  1. White pawn moves from e2 to e4.
  2. Black pawn moves from c7 to c5.
  3. White pawn moves from f2 to f4.
  4. Black pawn moves from e7 to e5.

Variations

Classical Variation6 lines · C30Classical4 lines · C30Hobbs-Zilbermints Gambit1 lines · C30Keene Defense1 lines · C30Keene's Defense2 lines · C30Mafia Defense1 lines · C30Miles Defense1 lines · C30Norwalde Variation3 lines · C30Panteldakis Countergambit6 lines · C30Petrov's Defense1 lines · C30Queen's Knight Defense1 lines · C30Senechaud Countergambit1 lines · C30Soller-Zilbermints Gambit1 lines · C30Zilbermints Double Countergambit1 lines · C30Zilbermints Double Gambit1 lines · C30Falkbeer Countergambit21 lines · C31 to C32Falkbeer Countergambit Accepted1 lines · C31

Named gambits and traps

53 lines in this family have "gambit" or "trap" in the name. The list shows 24.

Puzzles from this opening

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