Latvian Gambit: Mayet Attack, Morgado Defense
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Bc4 Nf6
The Latvian Gambit: Mayet Attack, Morgado Defense is a chess opening classified as ECO C40, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Bc4 Nf6. It is a line of the Latvian Gambit. White is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 382 times by this move order. White won 52%, 3% were drawn and Black won 45%. The most popular continuation is 4. Nxe5 (44% of games).
Engine evaluation: +1.40 (Stockfish, depth 34; best line 4. Nxe5 Qe7 5. d4 Nc6 6. O-O fxe4)
- ECO
- C40
- Moves
- 6 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Bc4 Nf6
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 154 | |
| 1500-1999 | 207 | |
| 2000+ | 21 | |
| All | 382 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 4. Nxe5 | 168 (44%) | |
| 4. d3 | 84 (22%) | |
| 4. exf5 | 77 (20%) | |
| 4. Ng5 | 16 (4%) | |
| 4. d4 | 13 (3%) | |
| 4. O-O | 12 (3%) | |
| 4. Nc3 | 8 (2%) | |
| 4. Bf7+ | 1 (0%) |
Master games
2 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 100%, draw 0%, Black 0%). The strongest:
- CM Alireza Aghaei (2204) – FM Walter Cuevas Araya (2056) 1-0 · Titled Tue 8th Jul Early · 2025-07-08
- Andzhelika Nenova (1969) – Cveta Vasileva (1630) 1-0 · ch-BUL Women 2024 · 2024-08-06
Search all games of the Latvian Gambit: Mayet Attack, Morgado Defense and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
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Comes from
Latvian Gambit: Mayet Attack 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Bc4
More Latvian Gambit lines (all)
- Latvian Gambit C40
- Latvian Gambit: Behting Variation C40
- Latvian Gambit: Corkscrew Countergambit C40
- Latvian Gambit: Corkscrew Gambit C40
- Latvian Gambit: Diepstraten Countergambit C40
- Latvian Gambit: Fraser Defense C40
- Latvian Gambit: Greco Variation C40
- Latvian Gambit: Lobster Gambit C40
- Latvian Gambit: Mason Countergambit C40
- Latvian Gambit: Mayet Attack, Poisoned Pawn Variation C40
- Latvian Gambit: Mayet Attack, Polerio-Svedenborg Variation C40
- Latvian Gambit: Mayet Attack, Strautins Gambit 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.