King's Gambit Accepted: King's Knight's Gambit (2… exf4 3. Nf3)
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3
The King's Gambit Accepted: King's Knight's Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO C34, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3. It is a line of the King's Gambit Accepted. Black is to move. 10 named lines continue from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 69,491 times by this move order. White won 52%, 3% were drawn and Black won 45%. The most popular continuation is 3… g5 (18% of games).
Engine evaluation: −0.39 (Stockfish, depth 60; best line 3… g5 4. h4 d5 5. d4 dxe4 6. Nxg5)
- ECO
- C34
- Moves
- 5 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 21,634 | |
| 1500-1999 | 43,087 | |
| 2000+ | 4,770 | |
| All | 69,491 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 3… g5 King's Knight's Gambit (3. Nf3 g5) | 12,398 (18%) | |
| 3… Nc6 MacLeod Defense | 11,811 (17%) | |
| 3… d6 Fischer Defense | 10,299 (15%) | |
| 3… Be7 Cunningham Defense | 6,839 (10%) | |
| 3… Nf6 Schallopp Defense | 6,677 (10%) | |
| 3… d5 Modern Defense (3. Nf3 d5) | 6,662 (10%) | |
| 3… Bc5 | 4,383 (6%) | |
| 3… h6 Becker Defense | 3,195 (5%) |
Master games
34 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 65%, draw 6%, Black 29%). The strongest:
- GM Sarunas Sulskis (2557) – IM Mindaugas Beinoras (2365) 1-0 · Baltic zt Tallinn 2015 · 2015-01-13
- CM Tim Kett (2178) – CM Equitable Brown (2057) 1-0 · Titled Tue 11th Aug · 2020-08-11
- Shawn Noland (2071) – Shelev Oberoi (1896) 0-1 · 84th Southwest Open 2018 · 2018-09-03
- FM Lucas Do Valle Cardoso (2387) – Lucas Barboza Dos Santos Samuel (1402) 1-0 · 90th ch-BRA 2024 · 2024-12-13
- Augusto Tosoni (2234) – Lana Dryaeva (1404) 1-0 · Anti-cheating Blitz Cup · 2020-05-20
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Comes from
King's Gambit Accepted 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4
Continuations
- King's Gambit Accepted: Becker Defense C34 · 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 h6
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bonsch-Osmolovsky Variation C34 · 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Ne7
- King's Gambit Accepted: Cunningham Defense C35 · 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Be7
- King's Gambit Accepted: Fischer Defense C34 · 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d6
- King's Gambit Accepted: Gianutio Countergambit C34 · 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 f5
- King's Gambit Accepted: King's Knight's Gambit (3. Nf3 g5) C34 · 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5
- King's Gambit Accepted: MacLeod Defense C34 · 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nc6
- King's Gambit Accepted: Modern Defense (3. Nf3 d5) C36 · 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5
- King's Gambit Accepted: Schallopp Defense C34 · 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nf6
- King's Gambit Accepted: Wagenbach Defense C34 · 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 h5
More King's Gambit Accepted lines (all)
- King's Gambit Accepted: Basman Gambit C33
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit C33
- 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
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Chigorin's Attack 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.