King's Gambit Declined: Norwalde Variation, Bücker Gambit

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Qf6 3. Nc3 Qxf4 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Bc4

The King's Gambit Declined: Norwalde Variation, Bücker Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO C30, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. f4 Qf6 3. Nc3 Qxf4 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Bc4. It is a line of the King's Gambit Declined. Black is to move.

This exact move order didn't appear in our sample of 12.6 million Lichess games: it's a rare line.

Engine evaluation: +2.22 (Stockfish, depth 27; best line 5… Bxc3 6. O-O f6 7. bxc3 Qg4 8. d4)

ECO

C30

Moves

9 plies

FEN

rnb1k1nr/pppp1ppp/8/4p3/1bB1Pq2/2N2N2/PPPP2PP/R1BQK2R b KQkq - 3 5

PGN

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Qf6 3. Nc3 Qxf4 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Bc4

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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.