King's Gambit Declined: Norwalde Variation, Schubert Variation
1. e4 e5 2. f4 Qf6 3. Nc3 Qxf4 4. d4
The King's Gambit Declined: Norwalde Variation, Schubert Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO C30, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. f4 Qf6 3. Nc3 Qxf4 4. 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 1 times by this move order. White won 0%, 100% were drawn and Black won 0%. The most popular continuation is 4… Qh4+ (100% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.71 (Stockfish, depth 29; best line 4… Qh4+ 5. g3 Qd8 6. dxe5 d6 7. Bf4)
- ECO
- C30
- Moves
- 7 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. f4 Qf6 3. Nc3 Qxf4 4. d4
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 2000+ | 1 | |
| All | 1 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 4… Qh4+ | 1 (100%) |
Highest-rated Lichess games
- M_Kaminsky (2097) – Osnabruecker (2019) 1/2-1/2 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 2s
Comes from
King's Gambit Declined: Norwalde Variation 1. e4 e5 2. f4 Qf6
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.