Kings Gambit
1.e4 e5 2.f4
White offers the f-pawn to open lines and attack. One of the oldest and most romantic openings, it leads to sharp play from the first moves.
As White: 59% score in 192 games (107 wins, 14 draws, 71 losses).
As Black: 52% score in 42 games (20 wins, 4 draws, 18 losses).
Who plays it most
- GM schachschnecke: 58 games as White, scores 47%
- GM Eric Lobron: 25 games as White, scores 52%
- GM Ian Nepomniachtchi: 21 games as White, scores 83%
- GM Ilya Smirin: 17 games as White, scores 59%
- GM Gevorg Harutjunyan: 12 games as White, scores 58%
- GM Christopher Repka: 12 games as Black, scores 33%
- GM Fidel Corrales Jimenez: 10 games as White, scores 65%
- GM Nigel Short: 8 games as White, scores 38%
- WGM Mobina Alinasab: 6 games as White, scores 50%
- GM olimpusmaximus: 6 games as White, scores 92%
- WGM Elizaveta Malakhova: 5 games as Black, scores 60%
- GM Igor Smirnov: 5 games as White, scores 100%
- CM Jim Mundy: 4 games as Black, scores 38%
- GM Hikaru Nakamura: 4 games as White, scores 75%
- WGM Sheila Jackson: 4 games as White, scores 88%
From the recent public Chess.com games of 40 players on the top players list, updated about once a week. Score = wins plus half the draws.