King's Gambit Accepted: Fischer Defense, Spanish Variation
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd3
The King's Gambit Accepted: Fischer Defense, Spanish Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO C34, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd3. It is a line of the King's Gambit Accepted. Black is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 146 times by this move order. White won 59%, 3% were drawn and Black won 38%. The most popular continuation is 5… Be7 (46% of games).
Engine evaluation: 0.00 (Stockfish, depth 40; best line 5… Nh5 6. Nc3 g5 7. Ng1 g4 8. Nd5)
- ECO
- C34
- Moves
- 9 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd3
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 37 | |
| 1500-1999 | 105 | |
| 2000+ | 4 | |
| All | 146 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5… Be7 | 67 (46%) | |
| 5… Bg4 | 40 (27%) | |
| 5… Nc6 | 16 (11%) | |
| 5… Nh5 | 5 (3%) | |
| 5… Qe7 | 4 (3%) | |
| 5… h6 | 3 (2%) | |
| 5… g6 | 2 (1%) | |
| 5… c5 | 2 (1%) |
Highest-rated Lichess games
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Comes from
King's Gambit Accepted: Fischer Defense 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d6
More King's Gambit Accepted lines (all)
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- 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.