King's Gambit

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h

After the moves 1.e4 e5 2.f4 the position on the right is reached with Black to move.

How successful is this opening?

These are the results of the valid games played with this opening variant in thematic tournaments.

1 - 0		239 games
Draw		78 games
0 - 1		245 games

As can be seen, White gets 49% and Black gets 51% of the points.