King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Tarrasch Variation

1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 e4 4.d3 Nf6 5.dxe4 Nxe4 6.Nf3 Bc5 7.Qe2 Bf5 8.g4 O-O

ECO C32

The King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Tarrasch 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 Bf5 8.g4 O-O.

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

The defining move O-O is chosen by Black on move 8.

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