Back Contragambito Falkbeer AST Falkbeer-Gegengambit German Kontraŭgambito Falkbeer Esperanto Contragambito Falkbeer Spanish ضد حمله فالکبیر Persian Contre-gambit Falkbeer French Controgambetto Falkbeer Italian ファルクビア・カウンター・ギャンビット Japanese Фалькбеер контргамбиты Kazakh Falkbēra kontrgambīts Latvian/Lettish
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| Moves | 1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ECO | C31–C32 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Named after | Ernst Falkbeer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | King's Gambit | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Falkbeer Countergambit is a chess opening that begins:
In this aggressive countergambit, Black disdains the pawn offered as a sacrifice, instead opening the centre to exploit White's weakness on the kingside. After the standard capture, 3.exd5, Black may reply with 3...exf4, transposing into the King's Gambit Accepted, 3...e4, or the more modern 3...c6.
A well-known blunder in this opening is White's reply 3.fxe5??, which after 3...Qh4+, either loses material after 4.g3 Qxe4+, forking the king and rook, or severely exposes the white king to the black pieces after 4.Ke2 Qxe4+ 5.Kf2 Bc5+.
The opening bears the name of Austrian master Ernst Falkbeer who played it in an 1851 game against Adolf Anderssen.[1] The Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings codes for the Falkbeer Countergambit are C31 and C32.