Latvian Gambit Accepted: Leonhardt Variation
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nxe5 Qf6 4. Nc4 fxe4 5. Nc3
The Latvian Gambit Accepted: Leonhardt Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO C40, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nxe5 Qf6 4. Nc4 fxe4 5. Nc3. It is a line of the Latvian Gambit Accepted. Black is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 45 times by this move order. White won 56%, 2% were drawn and Black won 42%. The most popular continuation is 5… Qg6 (38% of games).
Engine evaluation: +1.14 (Stockfish, depth 42; best line 5… Qf7 6. Ne3 d5 7. Nexd5 c6 8. Ne3)
- ECO
- C40
- Moves
- 9 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nxe5 Qf6 4. Nc4 fxe4 5. Nc3
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 6 | |
| 1500-1999 | 22 | |
| 2000+ | 17 | |
| All | 45 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5… Qg6 | 17 (38%) | |
| 5… Qe6 | 6 (13%) | |
| 5… Bc5 | 5 (11%) | |
| 5… c6 | 5 (11%) | |
| 5… Qf7 | 5 (11%) | |
| 5… Qf5 | 2 (4%) | |
| 5… d5 | 2 (4%) | |
| 5… Qe7 | 1 (2%) |
Master games
23 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 70%, draw 4%, Black 26%). The strongest:
- FM Tymur Keleberda (2301) – IM Viacheslav Slovineanu (2412) 1-0 · Titled Tue 8th Aug Late · 2023-08-08
- FM Ravi Haria (2417) – FM Mike P Waddington (2070) 1-0 · 104th ch-GBR 2017 · 2017-08-01
- IM Andreas Skytte Hagen (2334) – Freja Egelund Gronnemose (1956) 1-0 · Obro x CXU New Year 2024 · 2024-12-27
- FM Cristian Sanhueza (2192) – CM Tabare Bustelo (2046) 1-0 · Titled Tue 29th Apr Early · 2025-04-29
- WGM Gunay Mammadzada (2393) – Francois Marie Magpily (1836) 1-0 · World Junior Girls 2017 · 2017-11-14
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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 Accepted: Foltys-Leonhardt Variation 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nxe5 Qf6 4. Nc4
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.