Blumenfeld Countergambit Accepted

Blumenfeld Countergambit Accepted is a chess opening with the ECO code E10. It goes 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5 5. dxe6 fxe6 6. cxb5 d5. White opens with 1. d4 (the queen's pawn) and Black answers 1... Nf6. After 12 moves it is White to move. After the last move White is a pawn ahead in material. The lesson on the board explains every move of the line and lets you play it yourself; it is free.

The moves

• 1. d4 – White plays the pawn to d4
• 1... Nf6 – Black plays the knight to f6
• 2. c4 – White plays the pawn to c4
• 2... e6 – Black plays the pawn to e6
• 3. Nf3 – White plays the knight to f3
• 3... c5 – Black plays the pawn to c5
• 4. d5 – White plays the pawn to d5
• 4... b5 – Black plays the pawn to b5
• 5. dxe6 – White captures on e6 with the d-pawn
• 5... fxe6 – Black captures on e6 with the f-pawn
• 6. cxb5 – White captures on b5 with the c-pawn
• 6... d5 – Black plays the pawn to d5

Related openings

• It extends: Blumenfeld Countergambit (1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 b5)

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