King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Gambit Accepted
1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. d3 Nf6 5. dxe4
The King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Gambit Accepted is a chess opening classified as ECO C32, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. d3 Nf6 5. dxe4. It is a line of the King's Gambit Declined. Black is to move. 3 named lines continue from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 304 times by this move order. White won 48%, 4% were drawn and Black won 48%. The most popular continuation is 5… Nxe4 (94% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.57 (Stockfish, depth 34; best line 5… Nxe4 6. Nf3 c6 7. Bd3 Nf6 8. dxc6)
- ECO
- C32
- Moves
- 9 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. d3 Nf6 5. dxe4
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 7 | |
| 1500-1999 | 144 | |
| 2000+ | 153 | |
| All | 304 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5… Nxe4 | 287 (94%) | |
| 5… Bc5 | 14 (5%) | |
| 5… Bg4 | 2 (1%) | |
| 5… Bb4+ | 1 (0%) |
Master games
70 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 53%, draw 16%, Black 31%). The strongest:
- GM Ian Nepomniachtchi (2770) – GM Hikaru Nakamura (2802) 0-1 · chess.com SpeedChess 2024 · 2024-08-09
- GM Richard Rapport (2763) – GM Nihal Sarin (2650) 0-1 · chess.com Speed 2021 · 2021-12-02
- GM Daniil Dubov (2708) – FM Ioannis Kalogeris (2409) 1/2-1/2 · Titled Tue 7th Feb Late · 2023-02-07
- GM Ian Nepomniachtchi (2757) – Oleksiy Solovchuk (2303) 1-0 · Titled Tue 13th May Early · 2025-05-13
- IM Arad Nazari (2375) – GM Maksim Chigaev (2622) 1/2-1/2 · Titled Tue 13th Feb Late · 2024-02-13
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Velimirov28 (2565) – asd_zxc (2598) 0-1 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 2s
- aravindArz (2565) – strizibuba (2517) 1-0 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
- forkthegovernment (2464) – joobree (2524) 0-1 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Gambit (3… e4 4. d3) 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. d3
Continuations
- King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Gambit (5… Nxe4 6. Qe2) C32 · 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. d3 Nf6 5. dxe4 Nxe4 6. Qe2
- King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Gambit, Main Line C32 · 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. d3 Nf6 5. dxe4 Nxe4 6. Nf3 Bc5 7. Qe2 Bf5
- King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Alapin Variation C32 · 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
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.