King's Gambit Accepted: Gianutio Countergambit
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 f5
The King's Gambit Accepted: Gianutio Countergambit is a chess opening classified as ECO C34, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 f5. It is a line of the King's Gambit Accepted. White is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 246 times by this move order. White won 49%, 2% were drawn and Black won 49%. The most popular continuation is 4. exf5 (41% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.15 (Stockfish, depth 46; best line 4. exf5 d5 5. Nc3 Bxf5 6. Qe2+ Be7)
- ECO
- C34
- Moves
- 6 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 f5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 70 | |
| 1500-1999 | 156 | |
| 2000+ | 20 | |
| All | 246 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 4. exf5 | 100 (41%) | |
| 4. e5 | 96 (39%) | |
| 4. Bc4 | 21 (9%) | |
| 4. Nc3 | 10 (4%) | |
| 4. d4 | 7 (3%) | |
| 4. d3 | 7 (3%) | |
| 4. Ne5 | 4 (2%) | |
| 4. Qe2 | 1 (0%) |
Master games
3 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 0%, draw 67%, Black 33%). The strongest:
- IM Bharath Subramaniyam H (2437) – IM Rudik Makarian (2442) 1/2-1/2 · Russia Jun-Gurukul Team 2 · 2020-07-10
- IM Bharath Subramaniyam H (2437) – IM Rudik Makarian (2442) 0-1 · Russia Jun-Gurukul Team 2 · 2020-07-10
- FM Mark Lyell (2274) – IM Andras Meszaros (2286) 1/2-1/2 · Caissa IM Nov 2013 · 2013-11-17
Search all games of the King's Gambit Accepted: Gianutio Countergambit and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- GM Mrjoeyg (2388) – lalmi (2226) 1-0 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
- stalf (2103) – zyz7 (2453) 1/2-1/2 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
- Arkady1979 (2216) – Boy9999 (2113) 1-0 · 2026-09-02 · 300 + 0s
Comes from
King's Gambit Accepted: King's Knight's Gambit (2… exf4 3. Nf3) 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3
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- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Bledow Countergambit C33
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- 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.