King's Gambit Declined: Panteldakis Countergambit, Greco Variation
1. e4 e5 2. f4 f5 3. exf5 Qh4+
The King's Gambit Declined: Panteldakis Countergambit, Greco Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO C30, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. f4 f5 3. exf5 Qh4+. 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 25 times by this move order. White won 48%, 8% were drawn and Black won 44%. The most popular continuation is 4. g3 (100% of games).
Engine evaluation: +1.20 (Stockfish, depth 34; best line 4. g3 Qe7 5. fxe5 Qxe5+ 6. Be2 Qxf5)
- ECO
- C30
- Moves
- 6 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. f4 f5 3. exf5 Qh4+
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 11 | |
| 1500-1999 | 13 | |
| 2000+ | 1 | |
| All | 25 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 4. g3 | 25 (100%) |
Highest-rated Lichess games
- bismonth (2064) – SlavaBogy777 (2082) 0-1 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
- volkov-sash (1955) – hose0808 (2011) 0-1 · 2026-09-01 · 600 + 0s
- DmytroT (1802) – serkank123 (1852) 1-0 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
King's Gambit Declined: Panteldakis Countergambit 1. e4 e5 2. f4 f5
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.