King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Gambit, Main Line
1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. d3 Nf6 5. dxe4 Nxe4 6. Nf3 Bc5 7. Qe2 Bf5
The King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Gambit, Main Line 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 Bf5. It is a line of the King's Gambit Declined. White is to move. 1 named line continues from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 10 times by this move order. White won 50%, 10% were drawn and Black won 40%. The most popular continuation is 8. Nc3 (60% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.39 (Stockfish, depth 59; best line 8. Nc3 Qe7 9. Be3 Nxc3 10. Bxc5 Qxe2+)
- ECO
- C32
- Moves
- 14 plies
- FEN
rn1qk2r/ppp2ppp/8/2bP1b2/4nP2/5N2/PPP1Q1PP/RNB1KB1R w KQkq - 4 8- PGN
1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. d3 Nf6 5. dxe4 Nxe4 6. Nf3 Bc5 7. Qe2 Bf5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 1500-1999 | 2 | |
| 2000+ | 8 | |
| All | 10 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 8. Nc3 | 6 (60%) | |
| 8. Be3 | 2 (20%) | |
| 8. g4 | 1 (10%) | |
| 8. Nbd2 | 1 (10%) |
Master games
13 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 69%, draw 0%, Black 31%). The strongest:
- GM Ian Nepomniachtchi (2770) – FM Vjacheslav Weetik (2423) 1-0 · Titled Tue 4th Jun Early · 2024-06-04
- GM Ian Nepomniachtchi (2770) – FM Cristian Sanhueza (2213) 1-0 · Titled Tue 21st May Late · 2024-05-21
- IM Patrick Zelbel (2432) – GM Roeland Pruijssers (2503) 1-0 · Bundesliga 2015-16 · 2016-04-09
- FM Udo Hoffmann (2304) – GM Jakob Meister (2441) 0-1 · 2nd Bundesliga Nord 22-23 · 2022-10-23
- FM Stefan Bekker (2273) – FM Nurgyul Salimova (2265) 1-0 · 80th Tata Steel TOP · 2018-01-26
Highest-rated Lichess games
- INDO1 (2170) – kamaio (2182) 1/2-1/2 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 2s
- Siegfried75 (2089) – trek17x (2263) 0-1 · 2026-09-05 · 300 + 5s
- Skendraktig (2173) – mausid (2156) 1-0 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 2s
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, Tarrasch Variation C32 · 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. d3 Nf6 5. dxe4 Nxe4 6. Nf3 Bc5 7. Qe2 Bf5 8. g4 O-O
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.