King's Gambit Accepted: Abbazia Defense
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6
The King's Gambit Accepted: Abbazia Defense is a chess opening classified as ECO C36, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6. It is a line of the King's Gambit Accepted. White is to move. 1 named line continues from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 665 times by this move order. White won 45%, 5% were drawn and Black won 50%. The most popular continuation is 5. c4 (36% of games).
Engine evaluation: −0.03 (Stockfish, depth 55; best line 5. c4 c6 6. d4 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 cxd5)
- ECO
- C36
- Moves
- 8 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 25 | |
| 1500-1999 | 439 | |
| 2000+ | 201 | |
| All | 665 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5. c4 | 238 (36%) | |
| 5. d4 | 143 (22%) | |
| 5. Nc3 | 136 (20%) | |
| 5. Bc4 | 106 (16%) | |
| 5. Bb5+ | 30 (5%) | |
| 5. Be2 | 4 (1%) | |
| 5. d3 | 4 (1%) | |
| 5. d6 | 2 (0%) |
Master games
194 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 45%, draw 20%, Black 35%). The strongest:
- GM Magnus Carlsen (2876) – GM Levon Aronian (2780) 1/2-1/2 · 3rd Norway Blitz 2015 · 2015-06-15
- GM Ian Nepomniachtchi (2792) – GM Hikaru Nakamura (2768) 0-1 · Saint Louis Blitz 2022 · 2022-08-30
- GM Ian Nepomniachtchi (2793) – GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2736) 0-1 · chess.com SpeedChess 2022 · 2022-11-28
- GM Ian Nepomniachtchi (2755) – GM Chithambaram VR. Aravindh (2698) 1-0 · 10th Gashimov Mem Blitz · 2024-09-28
- GM Richard Rapport (2736) – GM Boris Gelfand (2676) 1/2-1/2 · IMSA World Masters Rapid · 2019-05-15
Search all games of the King's Gambit Accepted: Abbazia Defense and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- IM MassterofMayhem (2647) – shoprrrw (2651) 1-0 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
- contrapunctus_XI (2666) – FM Ragnar_Lothbrok85 (2570) 1-0 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
- contrapunctus_XI (2665) – FM Ragnar_Lothbrok85 (2558) 0-1 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
King's Gambit Accepted: Modern Defense (3… d5 4. exd5) 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5
Continuations
- King's Gambit Accepted: Abbazia Defense, Main Line C36 · 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bb5+ c6 6. dxc6 bxc6 7. Bc4 Nd5
More King's Gambit Accepted lines (all)
- King's Gambit Accepted C33
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- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Anderssen Defense C33
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Anderssen Variation C33
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Bledow Countergambit C33
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Bledow Variation C33
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Boden Variation C33
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Bogoljubow Defense C33
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Bogoljubow Variation C33
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Boren-Svenonius Variation C33
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Bryan Countergambit C33
Opening names and moves from the Lichess openings dataset; statistics from the Lichess open database, 2026-09 (CC0), sample of 12.6 million games, bots excluded; evaluations from Lichess cloud analysis (all CC0). Master games from The Week in Chess #920–#1664 by Mark Crowther, used with permission.