King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Hinrichsen Gambit
1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. d4
The King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Hinrichsen Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO C31, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. d4. 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 445 times by this move order. White won 52%, 4% were drawn and Black won 44%. The most popular continuation is 3… dxe4 (50% of games).
Engine evaluation: −0.92 (Stockfish, depth 50; best line 3… exd4 4. Qxd4 Nf6 5. exd5 Nbd7 6. Bb5)
- ECO
- C31
- Moves
- 5 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. d4
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 51 | |
| 1500-1999 | 280 | |
| 2000+ | 114 | |
| All | 445 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 3… dxe4 | 221 (50%) | |
| 3… exf4 | 105 (24%) | |
| 3… exd4 | 79 (18%) | |
| 3… Nf6 | 11 (2%) | |
| 3… Nc6 | 9 (2%) | |
| 3… f5 | 8 (2%) | |
| 3… c5 | 5 (1%) | |
| 3… c6 | 2 (0%) |
Master games
28 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 43%, draw 7%, Black 50%). The strongest:
- GM Luca Jr Moroni (2549) – FM Alexander Zlatin (2313) 1-0 · Titled Tue 8th Jul Late · 2025-07-08
- GM Lubomir Mikhaletz (2405) – Oleksiy Solovchuk (2391) 1/2-1/2 · Olkhovskiy Mem Rapid 2016 · 2016-04-23
- Miroslav Kleman (2207) – GM Tamas Banusz (2588) 0-1 · V4 Int Open ch-SVK 2013 · 2013-07-06
- Patrick Perry (2296) – GM Mohamed Haddouche (2490) 0-1 · Titled Tue 17th Jun Late · 2025-06-17
- GM Luca Jr Moroni (2549) – FM Mateusz Brozyna (2228) 1-0 · Titled Tue 15th Jul Late · 2025-07-15
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Greifax (2518) – PawnsTractorist (2567) 1-0 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
- trompsk (2462) – FM AdamCollins (2607) 0-1 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 0s
- Greifax (2535) – GM Nebonik (2495) 1-0 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit 1. e4 e5 2. 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.