King's Gambit Declined: Zilbermints Double Gambit
1. e4 e5 2. f4 Nc6 3. Nf3 g5
The King's Gambit Declined: Zilbermints Double Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO C30, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. f4 Nc6 3. Nf3 g5. It is a line of the King's Gambit Declined. White is to move. 1 named line continues from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 2 times by this move order. White won 50%, 0% were drawn and Black won 50%. The most popular continuation is 4. d4 (50% of games).
Engine evaluation: +1.27 (Stockfish, depth 34; best line 4. fxg5 h6 5. Nc3 hxg5 6. d4 exd4)
- ECO
- C30
- Moves
- 6 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. f4 Nc6 3. Nf3 g5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 1 | |
| 2000+ | 1 | |
| All | 2 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 4. d4 | 1 (50%) | |
| 4. fxg5 | 1 (50%) |
Highest-rated Lichess games
- gmvovilov (1977) – nhilhibon (2108) 0-1 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 2s
- olognmrvan (1016) – prafull1950 (976) 1-0 · 2026-09-02 · 300 + 3s
Comes from
King's Gambit Declined: Queen's Knight Defense 1. e4 e5 2. f4 Nc6
Continuations
- King's Gambit Declined: Hobbs-Zilbermints Gambit C30 · 1. e4 e5 2. f4 Nc6 3. Nf3 g5 4. fxg5 h6
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: Keene Defense C30
- King's Gambit Declined: Keene's Defense (2. f4 Qh4+) 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.