Latvian Gambit Accepted: Bilguer Variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nxe5 Qf6 4. d4 d6 5. Nc4
The Latvian Gambit Accepted: Bilguer Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO C40, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nxe5 Qf6 4. d4 d6 5. Nc4. It is a line of the Latvian Gambit Accepted. Black is to move. 3 named lines continue from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 606 times by this move order. White won 49%, 4% were drawn and Black won 47%. The most popular continuation is 5… fxe4 (94% of games).
Engine evaluation: +1.37 (Stockfish, depth 32; best line 5… fxe4 6. Nc3 Qg6 7. Ne3 c6 8. Be2)
- ECO
- C40
- Moves
- 9 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nxe5 Qf6 4. d4 d6 5. Nc4
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 33 | |
| 1500-1999 | 355 | |
| 2000+ | 218 | |
| All | 606 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5… fxe4 | 570 (94%) | |
| 5… Qg6 | 10 (2%) | |
| 5… b5 | 10 (2%) | |
| 5… Nc6 | 9 (1%) | |
| 5… Be6 | 3 (0%) | |
| 5… Bd7 | 1 (0%) | |
| 5… Ne7 | 1 (0%) | |
| 5… f4 | 1 (0%) |
Master games
132 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 64%, draw 9%, Black 27%). The strongest:
- FM Liya Kurmangaliyeva (2362) – GM Ian Nepomniachtchi (2733) 1-0 · Titled Tue 23rd Jun 2026 · 2026-06-23
- GM Novendra Priasmoro (2502) – IM Artyom Zubritskiy (2442) 1-0 · Titled Tuesday 16th Feb · 2021-02-16
- GM Miodrag R Savic (2491) – IM Dragan Kojovic (2391) 1-0 · TCh-SRB Premier 2016 · 2016-10-01
- GM Ernesto Inarkiev (2689) – FM Al Hageri, B. (2165) 1-0 · World Blitz 2017 · 2017-12-29
- GM Rodrigo Vasquez Schroeder (2457) – IM Alexander Velikanov (2387) 0-1 · Titled Tue 10th Sep Late · 2024-09-10
Search all games of the Latvian Gambit Accepted: Bilguer Variation and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- The_Estoico (2548) – Bagii_Bagii (2491) 1-0 · 2026-09-07 · 180 + 0s
- shashist26 (2589) – Fishuana (2418) 0-1 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
- IM Arrowlimit (2556) – Fishuana (2425) 0-1 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Latvian Gambit Accepted: Main Line 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nxe5 Qf6 4. d4
Continuations
- Latvian Gambit Accepted: Bronstein Attack C40 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nxe5 Qf6 4. d4 d6 5. Nc4 fxe4 6. Be2
- Latvian Gambit Accepted: Nimzowitsch Attack C40 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nxe5 Qf6 4. d4 d6 5. Nc4 fxe4 6. Ne3
- Latvian Gambit Accepted: Bronstein Gambit C40 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nxe5 Qf6 4. d4 d6 5. Nc4 fxe4 6. Qh5+ g6 7. Qe2
More Latvian Gambit Accepted lines (all)
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.