What is the King's Gambit Accepted: Mayet Gambit expected score for White?
At all ratings, the King's Gambit Accepted: Mayet Gambit has a 47.6% expected score for White (we're 90% confident it's between 47.0% and 48.1%), based on 21K Lichess games.
21K games from Lichess · Updated January 2026
At all ratings, the King's Gambit Accepted: Mayet Gambit has a 47.6% expected score for White (we're 90% confident it's between 47.0% and 48.1%), based on 21K Lichess games.
Deep-dive datasets for this opening
Improves with rating: 39% → 57%
Similar across time controls (~47%)
Click any cell to filter. Green = above 50%, Red = below 50%.
| Rating | UB | Bulle | Blitz | Rapid | Class |
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| 0-999 | — | — | — | ||
| 1000-1199 | — | — | — | ||
| 1200-1399 | — | — | |||
| 1400-1599 | — | ||||
| 1600-1799 | — | ||||
| 1800-1999 | — | ||||
| 2000-2199 | — | ||||
| 2200-2499 | — | — | |||
| 2500+ | — | — | — |
Expected score matrix by rating bracket and time control
The King's Gambit Accepted: Mayet Gambit has a 46.0% (90% CI: 45.4%-46.5%) win rate for white, based on 21K rated games from Lichess.
The King's Gambit Accepted: Mayet Gambit performs best at 1400-1599 Elo with a 53.3% win rate for white (1.4K games). Win rate tends to decline at higher ratings as opponents know the theory better.
Bullet (46.7%) outperforms Blitz (45.6%) by 1.1%. Choose your time control wisely.
The King's Gambit Accepted: Mayet Gambit has a sharpness score of 96.9 (very decisive), meaning 96.9% of games end decisively. Average game length is 34 moves.
At 1200-1399 Elo, the King's Gambit Accepted: Mayet Gambit has a 52.1% (90% CI: 47.3%-56.8%) win rate for white, based on 299 Lichess games. Average game length is 28 moves with a 2.5% draw rate.
At 1400-1599 Elo, the King's Gambit Accepted: Mayet Gambit has a 53.3% (90% CI: 51.2%-55.5%) win rate for white, based on 1.4K Lichess games. Average game length is 30 moves with a 2.0% draw rate.
At 1600-1799 Elo, the King's Gambit Accepted: Mayet Gambit has a 46.7% (90% CI: 45.6%-47.9%) win rate for white, based on 5.3K Lichess games. Average game length is 32 moves with a 2.7% draw rate.
At 1800-1999 Elo, the King's Gambit Accepted: Mayet Gambit has a 45.6% (90% CI: 44.7%-46.5%) win rate for white, based on 8.2K Lichess games. Average game length is 35 moves with a 3.3% draw rate.
At 2000-2199 Elo, the King's Gambit Accepted: Mayet Gambit has a 43.0% (90% CI: 41.9%-44.2%) win rate for white, based on 4.9K Lichess games. Average game length is 36 moves with a 3.6% draw rate.
At 2200-2499 Elo, the King's Gambit Accepted: Mayet Gambit has a 46.5% (90% CI: 43.8%-49.3%) win rate for white, based on 859 Lichess games. Average game length is 36 moves with a 3.9% draw rate.
In Bullet games, the King's Gambit Accepted: Mayet Gambit has a 46.7% (90% CI: 45.5%-47.9%) win rate for white (4.5K Lichess games). Draw rate is 2.2%.
In Blitz games, the King's Gambit Accepted: Mayet Gambit has a 45.6% (90% CI: 44.9%-46.3%) win rate for white (14K Lichess games). Draw rate is 3.2%.
In Rapid games, the King's Gambit Accepted: Mayet Gambit has a 47.0% (90% CI: 45.3%-48.8%) win rate for white (2.2K Lichess games). Draw rate is 4.1%.
The King's Gambit Accepted: Mayet Gambit is slightly favors black with a 46.0% (90% CI: 45.4%-46.5%) win rate across all ratings. It performs best at 1400-1599 Elo. Your results depend on your rating, time control, and how well you know the typical plans.