King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Miles Gambit
1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 Bc5
The King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Miles Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO C31, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 Bc5. 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 80 times by this move order. White won 54%, 2% were drawn and Black won 44%. The most popular continuation is 4. Nf3 (56% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.70 (Stockfish, depth 46; best line 4. Nc3 exf4 5. Nf3 Ne7 6. d4 Bb4)
- ECO
- C31
- Moves
- 6 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 Bc5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 19 | |
| 1500-1999 | 57 | |
| 2000+ | 4 | |
| All | 80 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 4. Nf3 | 45 (56%) | |
| 4. fxe5 | 12 (15%) | |
| 4. Nc3 | 9 (11%) | |
| 4. Bb5+ | 4 (5%) | |
| 4. c4 | 4 (5%) | |
| 4. c3 | 3 (4%) | |
| 4. d4 | 2 (3%) | |
| 4. Bc4 | 1 (1%) |
Master games
3 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 0%, draw 33%, Black 67%). The strongest:
- IM Laszlo Krizsany (2428) – IM Attila Kiss (2371) 1/2-1/2 · TCh-HUN 2016-17 · 2016-10-30
- IM Tihomir Yanev (2354) – FM Karl Bowden (2348) 0-1 · Titled Tue 16th Jan Early · 2024-01-16
- Labinot Kastrati (1865) – Bitici, G. (1750) 0-1 · Prishtina Int Open 2026 · 2026-06-16
Highest-rated Lichess games
- folle76 (2254) – Chess_Gambit_is_fun (2350) 0-1 · 2026-09-02 · 300 + 3s
- alexboss1973 (2072) – infinity-moment (2077) 0-1 · 2026-09-07 · 180 + 0s
- Indesertus (2370) – eagleclaw17 (1750) 1-0 · 2026-09-06 · 300 + 0s
Comes from
King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit Accepted 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5
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.