King's Gambit Accepted: Blachly Gambit

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bc4 g5

King's Gambit Accepted: Blachly Gambit after 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bc4 g5 87654321abcdefgh

The King's Gambit Accepted: Blachly Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO C37, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bc4 g5. It is a line of the King's Gambit Accepted. White is to move.

In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 104 times by this move order. White won 48%, 3% were drawn and Black won 49%. The most popular continuation is 5. O-O (46% of games).

Engine evaluation: −0.67 (Stockfish, depth 40; best line 5. d4 Bg7 6. h4 h6 7. Nc3 d6)

ECO
C37
Moves
8 plies
FEN
r1bqkbnr/pppp1p1p/2n5/6p1/2B1Pp2/5N2/PPPP2PP/RNBQK2R w KQkq - 0 5
PGN
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bc4 g5

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Results by rating

Average ratingGamesWhite / draw / Black
0-14991947%53%
1500-19997549%47%
2000+1040%60%
All10448%49%

Most played moves

MoveGamesWhite / draw / Black
5. O-O48 (46%)56%40%
5. d424 (23%)46%54%
5. h418 (17%)56%44%
5. Nc35 (5%)20%20%60%
5. d34 (4%)100%
5. Bxf7+2 (2%)50%50%
5. h32 (2%)100%
5. c31 (1%)100%

Highest-rated Lichess games

Comes from

King's Gambit Accepted: MacLeod Defense 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nc6

More King's Gambit Accepted lines (all)

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.