King's Gambit Accepted: Fischer Defense

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d6

King's Gambit Accepted: Fischer Defense after 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d6 87654321abcdefgh

The King's Gambit Accepted: Fischer Defense is a chess opening classified as ECO C34, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d6. It is a line of the King's Gambit Accepted. White is to move. 3 named lines continue from this position.

In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 10,299 times by this move order. White won 53%, 3% were drawn and Black won 44%. The most popular continuation is 4. Bc4 (50% of games).

Engine evaluation: −0.17 (Stockfish, depth 60; best line 4. d4 g5 5. h4 g4 6. Ng1 Qf6)

ECO
C34
Moves
6 plies
FEN
rnbqkbnr/ppp2ppp/3p4/8/4Pp2/5N2/PPPP2PP/RNBQKB1R w KQkq - 0 4
PGN
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d6

Analyse with Stockfish · Board image (SVG) · Open on Lichess

Results by rating

Average ratingGamesWhite / draw / Black
0-14992,97053%44%
1500-19996,65153%44%
2000+67849%47%
All10,29953%44%

Most played moves

MoveGamesWhite / draw / Black
4. Bc45,174 (50%)52%45%
4. d44,541 (44%)54%43%
4. Nc3177 (2%)50%46%
4. h3137 (1%)47%50%
4. d385 (1%)52%45%
4. Be267 (1%)48%52%
4. h444 (0%)50%41%
4. c320 (0%)50%45%

Master games

301 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 42%, draw 18%, Black 40%). The strongest:

Search all games of the King's Gambit Accepted: Fischer Defense and its sub-variations

Highest-rated Lichess games

Comes from

King's Gambit Accepted: King's Knight's Gambit (2… exf4 3. Nf3) 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3

Continuations

More King's Gambit Accepted lines (all)

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.