Latvian Gambit Accepted: Main Line
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nxe5 Qf6 4. d4
The Latvian Gambit Accepted: Main Line is a chess opening classified as ECO C40, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nxe5 Qf6 4. d4. It is a line of the Latvian Gambit Accepted. Black is to move. 1 named line continues from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 1,101 times by this move order. White won 48%, 3% were drawn and Black won 49%. The most popular continuation is 4… d6 (84% of games).
Engine evaluation: +1.35 (Stockfish, depth 48; best line 4… d6 5. Nc4 fxe4 6. Nc3 Qg6 7. Ne3)
- ECO
- C40
- Moves
- 7 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nxe5 Qf6 4. d4
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 160 | |
| 1500-1999 | 642 | |
| 2000+ | 299 | |
| All | 1,101 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 4… d6 | 930 (84%) | |
| 4… Nc6 | 80 (7%) | |
| 4… fxe4 | 73 (7%) | |
| 4… c5 | 7 (1%) | |
| 4… Bd6 | 4 (0%) | |
| 4… c6 | 2 (0%) | |
| 4… g6 | 2 (0%) | |
| 4… Qe6 | 1 (0%) |
Master games
15 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 73%, draw 7%, Black 20%). The strongest:
- IM Mohamed Tissir (2381) – FM Al Hageri, B. (2165) 1-0 · World Rapid 2017 · 2017-12-28
- WGM Atousa Pourkashiyan (2322) – CM Tim Kett (2167) 1-0 · Titled Tuesday 28th Sept · 2021-09-28
- IM Eric Rosen (2349) – WFM Radmila Kovacevic (2106) 1-0 · Titled Tue 16th May Late · 2023-05-16
- IM Yannick Kambrath (2389) – CM Tabare Bustelo (2043) 1-0 · Titled Tue 13th May Early · 2025-05-13
- CM Jose Fernando Mata Gonzalez (2164) – CM Tabare Bustelo (2043) 1-0 · Titled Tue 6th May Late · 2025-05-06
Search all games of the Latvian Gambit Accepted: Main Line 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 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5
Continuations
- Latvian Gambit Accepted: Bilguer Variation C40 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Nxe5 Qf6 4. d4 d6 5. Nc4
More Latvian Gambit Accepted lines (all)
- Latvian Gambit Accepted C40
- Latvian Gambit Accepted: Bronstein Attack C40
- Latvian Gambit Accepted: Bronstein Gambit C40
- Latvian Gambit Accepted: Foltys Variation C40
- Latvian Gambit Accepted: Foltys-Leonhardt Variation C40
- Latvian Gambit Accepted: Leonhardt Variation C40
- Latvian Gambit Accepted: Nimzowitsch Attack C40
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.