Chess Opening Theory/1. e4/1...e5/2. f4/2...d5/3. exd5/3...e4
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| Moves: 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Falkbeer Countergambit edit
3...e4 edit
After giving the pawn on d5, the e4 square is now free so Black pushes the e pawn instead of taking on f4. The idea is to ruin White's plan of opening the f file. The e4 pawn will also be quite a nuisance for White as it prevents natural development of the knight on f3. White will thus try to get rid of this pawn as soon as possible.
Theory table edit
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1. e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 e4
| 4 | 5 | 6 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| d3 Nf6 |
dxe4 Nxe4 |
Nf3 Bc5 |
+= | |
| Nc3 |
References edit
- Nunn's Chess Openings. 1999. John Nunn (Editor), Graham Burgess, John Emms, Joe Gallagher. ISBN 1-8574-4221-0.