King's Pawn Game: Clam Variation, King's Gambit Reversed

1. e4 e5 2. d3 f5

The King's Pawn Game: Clam Variation, King's Gambit Reversed is a chess opening classified as ECO C20, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. d3 f5. It is a line of the King's Pawn Game. White is to move.

In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 1,146 times by this move order. White won 48%, 5% were drawn and Black won 47%. The most popular continuation is 3. exf5 (38% of games).

Engine evaluation: +0.87 (Stockfish, depth 50; best line 3. exf5 Qf6 4. Qh5+ g6 5. fxg6 hxg6)

ECO: C20
Moves: 4 plies
FEN: rnbqkbnr/pppp2pp/8/4pp2/4P3/3P4/PPP2PPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 3
PGN: 1. e4 e5 2. d3 f5

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Results by rating

Average rating	Games	White / draw / Black
0-1499	552	47%48%
1500-1999	550	49%48%
2000+	44	59%32%
All	1,146	48%47%

Most played moves

Move	Games	White / draw / Black
3. exf5	434 (38%)	50%45%
3. Nc3	171 (15%)	44%49%
3. Nf3	128 (11%)	52%45%
3. f3	100 (9%)	43%51%
3. f4	80 (7%)	51%48%
3. Nd2	38 (3%)	55%42%
3. Qh5+	27 (2%)	48%48%
3. Be2	26 (2%)	46%46%

Highest-rated Lichess games

d4nis-bkd (2370) – HIMARS_M142 (2411) 1/2-1/2 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 0s
babybird1963 (2357) – belloid (2290) 0-1 · 2026-09-07 · 180 + 0s
Rogov-Ivan (2309) – FM Alexander_A_Chernov (2301) 1-0 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 2s

Comes from

King's Pawn Game: Leonardis Variation 1. e4 e5 2. d3

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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.