King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Gambit, Keres Variation
1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nd2
The King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Gambit, Keres Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO C32, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nd2. 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 11 times by this move order. White won 73%, 0% were drawn and Black won 27%. The most popular continuation is 5… Qxd5 (36% of games).
Engine evaluation: −0.25 (Stockfish, depth 32; best line 5… exd3 6. Bxd3 Nxd5 7. Qe2+ Qe7 8. Ne4)
- ECO
- C32
- Moves
- 9 plies
- FEN
rnbqkb1r/ppp2ppp/5n2/3P4/4pP2/3P4/PPPN2PP/R1BQKBNR b KQkq - 2 5- PGN
1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nd2
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 1500-1999 | 5 | |
| 2000+ | 6 | |
| All | 11 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5… Qxd5 | 4 (36%) | |
| 5… e3 | 4 (36%) | |
| 5… exd3 | 3 (27%) |
Master games
4 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 75%, draw 25%, Black 0%). The strongest:
- FM Vilmos Balint (2140) – FM Dmitry Kononenko (2178) 1/2-1/2 · Titled Tue 4th Mar Early · 2025-03-04
- FM Vilmos Balint (2266) – CM Oscar Humberto Ardila (1988) 1-0 · Titled Tue 8th Mar Early · 2022-03-08
- Jose Ernesto Aponte Castillo (2129) – Nora Rua Palacio (1919) 1-0 · 9th Universidad Central · 2015-10-10
Highest-rated Lichess games
- ujk245 (2243) – Cheesetiger (2271) 1-0 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 2s
- JeRei50 (2171) – Arkadiy87 (2162) 0-1 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 0s
- KMJusPol (2111) – jfrankholmes (2080) 1-0 · 2026-09-07 · 300 + 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
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.