King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Pickler Gambit
1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 c6 4. dxc6 Bc5
The King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Pickler Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO C31, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 c6 4. dxc6 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 28 times by this move order. White won 43%, 3% were drawn and Black won 54%. The most popular continuation is 5. Nf3 (54% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.56 (Stockfish, depth 30; best line 5. cxb7 Bxb7 6. Nf3 e4 7. Ne5 Nf6)
- ECO
- C31
- Moves
- 8 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 c6 4. dxc6 Bc5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 5 | |
| 1500-1999 | 17 | |
| 2000+ | 6 | |
| All | 28 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5. Nf3 | 15 (54%) | |
| 5. fxe5 | 7 (25%) | |
| 5. cxb7 | 3 (11%) | |
| 5. Nc3 | 2 (7%) | |
| 5. d3 | 1 (4%) |
Master games
1 over-the-board game is classified under this line (White 100%, draw 0%, Black 0%). The strongest:
- FM Edvin Trost (2399) – FM William Graif (2304) 1-0 · Titled Tue 27th Jun Late · 2023-06-27
Highest-rated Lichess games
- elo_fide_1529 (2206) – Klark64 (2306) 1-0 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 2s
- Milanbelobrk1 (2170) – s_1704 (2221) 0-1 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 0s
- Popa80 (2203) – Parets (2170) 0-1 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Nimzowitsch-Marshall Countergambit 1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 c6
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.