King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Staunton Line

1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 e4

ECO C31

The King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Staunton Line 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.

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

The defining move e4 is chosen by Black on move 3.

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