King's Gambit Accepted: Tartakower Gambit
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Be2
The King's Gambit Accepted: Tartakower Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO C33, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Be2. It is a line of the King's Gambit Accepted. Black is to move. 1 named line continues from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 25 times by this move order. White won 52%, 12% were drawn and Black won 36%. The most popular continuation is 3… g5 (16% of games).
Engine evaluation: −0.92 (Stockfish, depth 32; best line 3… f5 4. e5 d6 5. d4 dxe5 6. dxe5)
- ECO
- C33
- Moves
- 5 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Be2
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 8 | |
| 1500-1999 | 11 | |
| 2000+ | 6 | |
| All | 25 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 3… g5 | 4 (16%) | |
| 3… Qh4+ | 3 (12%) | |
| 3… Bc5 | 3 (12%) | |
| 3… d6 | 3 (12%) | |
| 3… Nc6 | 3 (12%) | |
| 3… Bb4 | 2 (8%) | |
| 3… d5 | 2 (8%) | |
| 3… h6 | 1 (4%) |
Master games
10 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 60%, draw 20%, Black 20%). The strongest:
- Dimitrios Dimbas (1982) – GM Tamir Nabaty (2597) 0-1 · 2nd Holy Spirit Open 2015 · 2015-05-30
- IM Benjamin Gongora Montes (2253) – Karla July Fernandez Rivero (2055) 0-1 · 48th Capablanca Open I 2013 · 2013-04-28
- Yuri Maier (2059) – WFM Annika Froewis (2101) 1-0 · TCh-AUT 2nd Ost 2016-17 · 2017-03-05
- FM Jaroslav Cempel (2032) – Roman Walica (2099) 1-0 · TCh-CZE 1 Liga Vychod · 2023-01-15
- Mike J Surtees (2113) – Jude A Lenier (2016) 1-0 · 99th ch-GBR 2012 · 2012-07-27
Search all games of the King's Gambit Accepted: Tartakower Gambit and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- olezhka23 (2080) – budulinek (2155) 1-0 · 2026-09-07 · 300 + 3s
- olezhka23 (2075) – Antitorenaldo82 (2136) 1-0 · 2026-09-06 · 300 + 3s
- olezhka23 (2087) – Subir1958 (2078) 1-0 · 2026-09-07 · 300 + 3s
Comes from
King's Gambit Accepted 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4
Continuations
- King's Gambit Accepted: Tartakower Gambit, Weiss Defense C33 · 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Be2 f5 4. exf5 d6
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.