King's Gambit Declined: Panteldakis Countergambit, Shirazi Line
1. e4 e5 2. f4 f5 3. exf5 exf4 4. Qh5+ Ke7
The King's Gambit Declined: Panteldakis Countergambit, Shirazi Line is a chess opening classified as ECO C30, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. f4 f5 3. exf5 exf4 4. Qh5+ Ke7. 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 29 times by this move order. White won 52%, 3% were drawn and Black won 45%. The most popular continuation is 5. Bc4 (28% of games).
Engine evaluation: +1.87 (Stockfish, depth 40; best line 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Qg5 Qe8 7. Nf3 h6)
- ECO
- C30
- Moves
- 8 plies
- FEN
rnbq1bnr/ppppk1pp/8/5P1Q/5p2/8/PPPP2PP/RNB1KBNR w KQ - 2 5- PGN
1. e4 e5 2. f4 f5 3. exf5 exf4 4. Qh5+ Ke7
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 7 | |
| 1500-1999 | 20 | |
| 2000+ | 2 | |
| All | 29 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5. Bc4 | 8 (28%) | |
| 5. Qg5+ | 6 (21%) | |
| 5. Nc3 | 5 (17%) | |
| 5. d4 | 5 (17%) | |
| 5. d3 | 2 (7%) | |
| 5. Qh4+ | 1 (3%) | |
| 5. Nf3 | 1 (3%) | |
| 5. b3 | 1 (3%) |
Master games
1 over-the-board game is classified under this line (White 0%, draw 0%, Black 100%). The strongest:
- Javier de Jesus Delgado (1650) – Adrian Berinsky (1727) 0-1 · XX Rio Grande Domingo Int · 2020-07-05
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Superstitions_Guy (2796) – CM Sc0rch4dEarth (2690) 1-0 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
- Farder (2124) – Kingspoint (2049) 1-0 · 2026-09-01 · 300 + 0s
- grobich (1913) – Kingspoint (2066) 0-1 · 2026-09-05 · 300 + 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.