Chess Opening Theory/1. e4/1...e5/2. f4/2...d5/3. exd5/3...e4

Falkbeer Countergambit
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Position in Forsyth-Edwards Notation (FEN) rnbqkbnr/ppp2ppp/8/3P4/4pP2/8/PPPP2PP/RNBQKBNR w
Moves: 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4

Falkbeer Countergambit

3...e4

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

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

	4	5	6
	d3 Nf6	dxe4 Nxe4	Nf3 Bc5	+=
	Nc3

References

• Nunn's Chess Openings. 1999. John Nunn (Editor), Graham Burgess, John Emms, Joe Gallagher. ISBN 1-8574-4221-0.