King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Gambit, Morphy Defense
1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. exd5 e4 5. d3 Bb4 6. Bd2 e3
The King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Gambit, Morphy Defense is a chess opening classified as ECO C31, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. exd5 e4 5. d3 Bb4 6. Bd2 e3. It is a line of the King's Gambit Declined. White is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 1 times by this move order. White won 0%, 0% were drawn and Black won 100%. The most popular continuation is 7. Bxe3 (100% of games).
Engine evaluation: 0.00 (Stockfish, depth 46; best line 7. Bxe3 O-O 8. Bd2 Re8+ 9. Be2 Bc5)
- ECO
- C31
- Moves
- 12 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. exd5 e4 5. d3 Bb4 6. Bd2 e3
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 1500-1999 | 1 | |
| All | 1 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 7. Bxe3 | 1 (100%) |
Master games
4 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 0%, draw 0%, Black 100%). The strongest:
- Anton Gurkin (2276) – GM Murtas Kazhgaleyev (2582) 0-1 · ch-KAZ 2016 · 2016-05-04
- FM Arie Axelrod (2285) – Omer Kali (2255) 0-1 · 6th Kiryat-Ono Open 2015 · 2015-07-09
- Marvin Engert (2023) – Yunus Emre Gunebakan (2182) 0-1 · 24th Prague Open 2026 · 2026-01-12
- Dariusz Duszczak (1841) – Slawomir Litke (1637) 0-1 · 27th Poznan Open 2019 · 2019-08-24
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Maximische77 (1616) – Mickey243 (1606) 0-1 · 2026-09-05 · 300 + 0s
Comes from
Vienna Game: Vienna Gambit, Main Line 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5
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.