King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Gambit (5… Nxe4 6. Qe2)
1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. d3 Nf6 5. dxe4 Nxe4 6. Qe2
The King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Gambit 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. Qe2. It is a line of the King's Gambit Declined. 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 34 times by this move order. White won 50%, 3% were drawn and Black won 47%. The most popular continuation is 6… Qe7 (41% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.24 (Stockfish, depth 34; best line 6… Qxd5 7. Nd2 f5 8. Nxe4 fxe4 9. Be3)
- ECO
- C32
- Moves
- 11 plies
- FEN
rnbqkb1r/ppp2ppp/8/3P4/4nP2/8/PPP1Q1PP/RNB1KBNR b KQkq - 1 6- PGN
1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. d3 Nf6 5. dxe4 Nxe4 6. Qe2
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 1500-1999 | 17 | |
| 2000+ | 17 | |
| All | 34 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 6… Qe7 | 14 (41%) | |
| 6… f5 | 9 (26%) | |
| 6… Qxd5 | 7 (21%) | |
| 6… Bf5 | 3 (9%) | |
| 6… Bb4+ | 1 (3%) |
Master games
9 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 56%, draw 11%, Black 33%). The strongest:
- GM Nihal Sarin (2681) – IM Jonathan Cruz (2328) 1-0 · Titled Tue 27th Jun Late · 2023-06-27
- FM Jesper Morch Lauridsen (2215) – IM Tologontegin, S. (2377) 0-1 · Titled Tuesday 7th Sept · 2021-09-07
- GM Jaan Ehlvest (2528) – CM Hui Li (1988) 1-0 · Titled Tue 16th Jan Late · 2024-01-16
- FM Ruslan Kavyev (2279) – FM Dmitrii Marcziter (2222) 1/2-1/2 · Titled Tue 3rd Dec Late · 2024-12-03
- IM Michael Song (2404) – CM Oscar Humberto Ardila (1988) 1-0 · Titled Tue 1st Mar Late · 2022-03-01
Highest-rated Lichess games
- C0LTR4N3 (2322) – Darka (2279) 1/2-1/2 · 2026-09-06 · 300 + 0s
- NM legbreaker (2293) – mehdi_kbr (2198) 1-0 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
- sherefan (2238) – KlausNielsen (2221) 0-1 · 2026-09-05 · 600 + 0s
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
Continuations
- King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Variation C32 · 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. d3 Nf6 5. dxe4 Nxe4 6. Qe2 Qxd5 7. Nd2 f5 8. g4
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.