King's Pawn Game: Damiano Defense, Damiano Gambit
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f6 3. Nxe5 fxe5 4. Qh5+ g6 5. Qxe5+ Qe7 6. Qxh8
The King's Pawn Game: Damiano Defense, Damiano Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO C40, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f6 3. Nxe5 fxe5 4. Qh5+ g6 5. Qxe5+ Qe7 6. Qxh8. It is a line of the King's Pawn Game. Black is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 585 times by this move order. White won 69%, 2% were drawn and Black won 29%. The most popular continuation is 6… Qxe4+ (47% of games).
Engine evaluation: +3.60 (Stockfish, depth 36; best line 6… Qxe4+ 7. Kd1 Qe6 8. Nc3 Qf7 9. Qd4)
- ECO
- C40
- Moves
- 11 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f6 3. Nxe5 fxe5 4. Qh5+ g6 5. Qxe5+ Qe7 6. Qxh8
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 479 | |
| 1500-1999 | 103 | |
| 2000+ | 3 | |
| All | 585 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 6… Qxe4+ | 274 (47%) | |
| 6… Nf6 | 193 (33%) | |
| 6… Qg7 | 55 (9%) | |
| 6… Bg7 | 27 (5%) | |
| 6… Qf7 | 10 (2%) | |
| 6… Nh6 | 6 (1%) | |
| 6… d6 | 4 (1%) | |
| 6… Nc6 | 4 (1%) |
Master games
6 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 100%, draw 0%, Black 0%). The strongest:
- Andras Bacsi (1871) – Otto Nemeth (1720) 1-0 · FSFMB August 2013 · 2013-08-05
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Comes from
King's Pawn Game: Damiano Defense 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f6
More King's Pawn Game lines (all)
- King's Pawn Game (1. e4) B00
- King's Pawn Game: Maróczy Defense B07
- King's Pawn Game (1. e4 e5) C20
- King's Pawn Game: Alapin Opening C20
- King's Pawn Game: Bavarian Gambit C20
- King's Pawn Game: Beyer Gambit C20
- King's Pawn Game: Clam Variation, King's Gambit Reversed C20
- King's Pawn Game: Clam Variation, Radisch Gambit C20
- King's Pawn Game: King's Head Opening (1… e5 2. f3) C20
- King's Pawn Game: King's Head Opening (2… Nf6 3. Nc3) C20
- King's Pawn Game: Leonardis Variation C20
- King's Pawn Game: MacLeod Attack C20
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.