All Chess Positions Open the map

C33Opening

King's Gambit Accepted

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4

a8b7c6d5e4f3g2h1

White to move

Legal moves
29
Games in the next 4 moves
758,862
Different positions among them
257,351
Named lines from here
136

See it on the mapOn the opening map

It is reached after 4 moves: 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4.

White is to move and has 29 legal moves. Over the next four moves — two for each side — the game can branch into 758,862 different games. Those games reach 257,351 different positions: most positions can be reached in more than one way, 2.9 on average.

The Lichess opening list names 136 further lines after this position, such as Bishop's Gambit (3. Bc4) and King's Knight's Gambit (3. Nf3).

The same moves can be played in 2 different legal orders that all reach this position. For example 1. f4 e5 2. e4 exf4, which starts as the Bird Opening.

Map of every game of the next four moves after the King's Gambit Accepted
Every game of the next four moves from this position, as the map draws it. Each ring is one more move; the outer ring holds all 758,862 games.

Move by move

  1. 1. e4King's Pawn Game
  2. 1... e5King's Pawn Game
  3. 2. f4King's Gambit
  4. 2... exf4King's Gambit Accepted

Named lines from here

…and 1 more on the map.

Famous games through this position

The Immortal GameAnderssen, London 1851, move 2Anderssen gives up both rooks, a bishop and his queen, then mates with the minor pieces he has left.

Related openings

FEN

rnbqkbnr/pppp1ppp/8/8/4Pp2/8/PPPP2PP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 3