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Named after Karel Traxler, a Czech priest and chess player who analysed the variation in the early 20th century.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Traxler Countergambit
Today it means: An aggressive opening for black in response to the Fried Liver Attack in which, instead of defending the threatened f7 pawn, black develops the bishop to c5. Full definition →