King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Anderssen Attack

1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 e4 4.Bb5+

ECO C31

The King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Anderssen Attack 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.Bb5+.

It is catalogued under code C31 in the Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings (ECO).

The defining move Bb5+ is chosen by White on move 4.

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