Latvian Gambit Accepted: Foltys-Leonhardt Variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nxe5 Qf6 4. Nc4
The Latvian Gambit Accepted: Foltys-Leonhardt Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO C40, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nxe5 Qf6 4. Nc4. It is a line of the Latvian Gambit Accepted. Black is to move. 2 named lines continue from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 110 times by this move order. White won 55%, 2% were drawn and Black won 43%. The most popular continuation is 4… fxe4 (89% of games).
Engine evaluation: +1.14 (Stockfish, depth 30; best line 4… fxe4 5. Nc3 Qf7 6. Ne3 c6 7. Nxe4)
- ECO
- C40
- Moves
- 7 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nxe5 Qf6 4. Nc4
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 21 | |
| 1500-1999 | 63 | |
| 2000+ | 26 | |
| All | 110 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 4… fxe4 | 98 (89%) | |
| 4… Bc5 | 6 (5%) | |
| 4… Nc6 | 2 (2%) | |
| 4… d6 | 2 (2%) | |
| 4… b5 | 2 (2%) |
Master games
5 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 60%, draw 0%, Black 40%). The strongest:
- Przemyslaw Liwak (2342) – WFM Radmila Kovacevic (2106) 0-1 · Titled Tue 16th May Late · 2023-05-16
- Gerasimos Panagiotakopoulos (2196) – Antonios Kiriakopoulos (1901) 1-0 · 43rd TCh-GRE 2015 · 2015-10-08
- Hei Kummer (1788) – Melvyn King (1890) 0-1 · 23rd World Seniors 2013 · 2013-11-15
- Veronika Smajzrova (1858) – Pedro Jose Fernandez Camacho (1813) 1-0 · World Corporate East C · 2021-02-19
Search all games of the Latvian Gambit Accepted: Foltys-Leonhardt Variation and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- bananaadamloh (2316) – SudarzzZ (2305) 1-0 · 2026-09-07 · 600 + 0s
- cikornya (2226) – SGM_Orine (2295) 0-1 · 2026-09-06 · 300 + 0s
- nic2637 (2250) – reateguir (2222) 0-1 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Latvian Gambit 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5
Continuations
- Latvian Gambit Accepted: Foltys Variation C40 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nxe5 Qf6 4. Nc4 fxe4 5. d3
- Latvian Gambit Accepted: Leonhardt Variation C40 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nxe5 Qf6 4. Nc4 fxe4 5. Nc3
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.