King's Gambit Declined: Norwalde Variation, Schubert Variation is a chess opening with the ECO code C30, part of the King's Gambit Declined family. It goes 1. e4 e5 2. f4 Qf6 3. Nc3 Qxf4 4. d4. White opens with 1. e4 (the king's pawn) and Black answers 1... e5. After 7 moves it is Black to move. After the last move Black 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. e4 – White plays the pawn to e4
1... e5 – Black plays the pawn to e5
2. f4 – White plays the pawn to f4
2... Qf6 – Black plays the queen to f6
3. Nc3 – White plays the knight to c3
3... Qxf4 – Black takes on f4 with the queen
4. d4 – White plays the pawn to d4
About the King's Gambit Declined
After 1.e4 e5 2.f4, Black refuses the pawn, usually with 2...Bc5 or 2...d5. This avoids White's main attacking lines.
The bishop on c5 stops White from castling short easily.
2...d5 (Falkbeer) hits back in the centre right away.
Black develops normally and watches the f-file and the a7-g1 diagonal.
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