King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Alapin Variation
1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. d3 Nf6 5. dxe4 Nxe4 6. Nf3 Bc5 7. Qe2 Bf2+ 8. Kd1 Qxd5+ 9. Nfd2
The King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Alapin Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO C32, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. d3 Nf6 5. dxe4 Nxe4 6. Nf3 Bc5 7. Qe2 Bf2+ 8. Kd1 Qxd5+ 9. Nfd2. It is a line of the King's Gambit Declined. Black is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 3 times by this move order. White won 67%, 0% were drawn and Black won 33%. The most popular continuation is 9… f5 (100% of games).
Engine evaluation: +2.62 (Stockfish, depth 32; best line 9… O-O 10. Qxe4 Qd8 11. Bd3 g6 12. Nc3)
- ECO
- C32
- Moves
- 17 plies
- FEN
rnb1k2r/ppp2ppp/8/3q4/4nP2/8/PPPNQbPP/RNBK1B1R b kq - 1 9- PGN
1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. d3 Nf6 5. dxe4 Nxe4 6. Nf3 Bc5 7. Qe2 Bf2+ 8. Kd1 Qxd5+ 9. Nfd2
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 1500-1999 | 1 | |
| 2000+ | 2 | |
| All | 3 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 9… f5 | 3 (100%) |
Master games
6 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 100%, draw 0%, Black 0%). The strongest:
- IM Bharath Subramaniyam H (2437) – FM Arthur Muromtsev (2161) 1-0 · Titled Tuesday 2nd Feb · 2021-02-02
- GM Florian Jenni (2456) – WFM Svetlana Vifleemskaia (1926) 1-0 · Titled Tuesday 19th Jan · 2021-01-19
- Alexandre Aumont (2257) – Christophe De la Fontaine (2017) 1-0 · 13th Angers Open 2018 · 2018-05-11
- Marc Nassar (1909) – Khalaf Al Azmi (1740) 1-0 · 10th Beirut Open 2019 · 2019-04-26
- Labinot Kastrati (1865) – Sefer Sopjani (1596) 1-0 · Prishtina Int Open 2026 · 2026-06-17
Highest-rated Lichess games
- INDO1 (2160) – gjsign (2211) 1-0 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 2s
- elo_fide_1529 (2145) – abetong (2103) 0-1 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 2s
- Dopeyblunder (1911) – system25 (1902) 1-0 · 2026-09-04 · 300 + 3s
Comes from
King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Gambit Accepted 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. d3 Nf6 5. dxe4
More King's Gambit Declined lines (all)
- King's Gambit Declined: Classical Variation (2. f4 Bc5) C30
- King's Gambit Declined: Classical Variation (3… d6 4. c3) C30
- King's Gambit Declined: Classical Variation, Euwe Attack C30
- King's Gambit Declined: Classical Variation, Rotlewi Countergambit C30
- King's Gambit Declined: Classical Variation, Rubinstein Countergambit C30
- King's Gambit Declined: Classical Variation, Walthoffen Attack C30
- King's Gambit Declined: Classical, Hanham Variation C30
- King's Gambit Declined: Classical, Réti Variation C30
- King's Gambit Declined: Classical, Soldatenkov Variation C30
- King's Gambit Declined: Classical, Svenonius Variation C30
- King's Gambit Declined: Hobbs-Zilbermints Gambit C30
- King's Gambit Declined: Keene Defense C30
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.