King's Pawn Game: Philidor Gambit
1. e4 e5 2. d4 d6 3. dxe5 Bd7
The King's Pawn Game: Philidor Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO C20, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. d4 d6 3. dxe5 Bd7. 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 32 times by this move order. White won 53%, 3% were drawn and Black won 44%. The most popular continuation is 4. exd6 (78% of games).
Engine evaluation: +1.14 (Stockfish, depth 27; best line 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7)
- ECO
- C20
- Moves
- 6 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. d4 d6 3. dxe5 Bd7
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 20 | |
| 1500-1999 | 12 | |
| All | 32 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 4. exd6 | 25 (78%) | |
| 4. Nf3 | 5 (16%) | |
| 4. Bd3 | 2 (6%) |
Highest-rated Lichess games
- bonbonrobin (1903) – Cryptoareal (1818) 0-1 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 0s
- amalt (1873) – chessbak (1833) 0-1 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
- Hzl03Hzl (1899) – Jesh0329 (1771) 0-1 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Center Game (1… e5 2. d4) 1. e4 e5 2. d4
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.