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

ECO C32

The King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek 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.Qe2 Qxd5 7.Nd2 f5 8.g4.

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

The defining move g4 is chosen by White on move 8.

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