King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Anderssen Attack
1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. Bb5+
The King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Anderssen Attack is a chess opening classified as ECO C31, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. Bb5+. 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 105 times by this move order. White won 42%, 3% were drawn and Black won 55%. The most popular continuation is 4… c6 (51% of games).
Engine evaluation: 0.00 (Stockfish, depth 38; best line 4… c6 5. dxc6 Nxc6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. d4)
- ECO
- C31
- Moves
- 7 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. Bb5+
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 11 | |
| 1500-1999 | 73 | |
| 2000+ | 21 | |
| All | 105 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 4… c6 | 54 (51%) | |
| 4… Bd7 | 47 (45%) | |
| 4… Nd7 | 4 (4%) |
Master games
10 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 40%, draw 0%, Black 60%). The strongest:
- WGM Salomeja Zaksaite (2194) – FM Stepan Osinovsky (2235) 0-1 · Titled Tue 6th Aug Early · 2024-08-06
- Luis Blasco De La Cruz (1917) – IM Juan Reyes (2418) 0-1 · TCh-ESP Rapid 2025 · 2025-09-20
- Buelent Saglam (2102) – Benedikt Weber (2009) 0-1 · 28th Kiel Open 2015 · 2015-07-30
- Jose Vitor Lamosa Prado Messias (1762) – FM Lucas Do Valle Cardoso (2285) 0-1 · 87th ch-BRA 2021 · 2021-10-28
- Avni Krasniqi (1900) – Naim Beqa (2021) 1-0 · ch-KOS 2025 · 2025-01-07
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Masood-1977 (2207) – Pakornnarong (2244) 1-0 · 2026-09-01 · 600 + 0s
- nikochem (2205) – Playitclean (2204) 0-1 · 2026-09-06 · 300 + 0s
- moshb (2146) – Pakdeyudi (2175) 0-1 · 2026-09-07 · 180 + 2s
Comes from
King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Staunton Line 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4
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.