King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Alapin Variation

1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 e4 4.d3 Nf6 5.dxe4 Nxe4 6.Nf3 Bc5 7.Qe2 Bf2+ 8.Kd1 Qxd5+ 9.Nfd2

ECO C32

The King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Alapin Variation is a chess opening line in the King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit complex, reached after 1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 e4 4.d3 Nf6 5.dxe4 Nxe4 6.Nf3 Bc5 7.Qe2 Bf2+ 8.Kd1 Qxd5+ 9.Nfd2.

It is catalogued under code C32 in the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO).

The defining move Nfd2 is chosen by White on move 9.

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