French Defense: La Bourdonnais Variation, Reuter Gambit

An entry in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (ECO C00), reached after 6 half-moves: 1. e4 e6 2. f4 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4.

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About this opening

French Defense: La Bourdonnais Variation, Reuter Gambit is an opening in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings, classified under code C00. ECO group C (C00–C99) covers open games (1.e4 e5) and the French Defence, including the Ruy Lopez, Italian, Scotch and King's Gambit. This particular variation is reached after 6 half-moves from the starting position, with the move sequence 1. e4 e6 2. f4 d5 3. Nf3 dxe4.

It belongs to the French Defense family. Within that family this is a level-2 branch (the La Bourdonnais Variation → Reuter Gambit line). The immediate parent line is French Defense: La Bourdonnais Variation, transitioned via 3…dxe4.

The opening sequence in prose form: 1.e4 e6, 2.f4 d5, 3.Nf3 dxe4. From this position the encyclopaedia records no further canonical continuations — practical play branches into unnamed transpositions or returns to the parent line for alternative ideas.