King's Gambit Declined: Soller-Zilbermints Gambit
1. e4 e5 2. f4 f6 3. fxe5 Nc6
The King's Gambit Declined: Soller-Zilbermints Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO C30, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. f4 f6 3. fxe5 Nc6. 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 20 times by this move order. White won 45%, 10% were drawn and Black won 45%. The most popular continuation is 4. exf6 (65% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.54 (Stockfish, depth 46; best line 4. Bb5 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Nc3 Bxg1)
- ECO
- C30
- Moves
- 6 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. f4 f6 3. fxe5 Nc6
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 10 | |
| 1500-1999 | 7 | |
| 2000+ | 3 | |
| All | 20 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 4. exf6 | 13 (65%) | |
| 4. d4 | 4 (20%) | |
| 4. Nf3 | 3 (15%) |
Highest-rated Lichess games
- viceva (2396) – Arman-Avdalyan (2409) 0-1 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
- CM akhairat (2311) – noahjb (2330) 0-1 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
- Zadmur (2157) – Muratt1_Chess9 (2123) 0-1 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 2s
Comes from
King's Gambit 1. e4 e5 2. f4
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.