King's Gambit Accepted: Double Muzio Gambit, Bello Gambit
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. O-O gxf3 6. Qxf3 Qf6 7. Nc3
The King's Gambit Accepted: Double Muzio Gambit, Bello Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO C37, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. O-O gxf3 6. Qxf3 Qf6 7. Nc3. It is a line of the King's Gambit Accepted. Black is to move. 1 named line continues from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 62 times by this move order. White won 48%, 0% were drawn and Black won 52%. The most popular continuation is 7… Qd4+ (55% of games).
Engine evaluation: −2.07 (Stockfish, depth 29; best line 7… Qd4+ 8. Kh1 Qxc4 9. Nd5 d6 10. b3)
- ECO
- C37
- Moves
- 13 plies
- FEN
rnb1kbnr/pppp1p1p/5q2/8/2B1Pp2/2N2Q2/PPPP2PP/R1B2RK1 b kq - 2 7- PGN
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. O-O gxf3 6. Qxf3 Qf6 7. Nc3
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 2 | |
| 1500-1999 | 52 | |
| 2000+ | 8 | |
| All | 62 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 7… Qd4+ | 34 (55%) | |
| 7… Bc5+ | 7 (11%) | |
| 7… c6 | 6 (10%) | |
| 7… Ne7 | 5 (8%) | |
| 7… d6 | 5 (8%) | |
| 7… Bh6 | 3 (5%) | |
| 7… Nc6 | 1 (2%) | |
| 7… Nh6 | 1 (2%) |
Highest-rated Lichess games
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Comes from
King's Gambit Accepted: Muzio Gambit, Sarratt Defense 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. O-O gxf3 6. Qxf3 Qf6
Continuations
- King's Gambit Accepted: Double Muzio Gambit, Baldwin Gambit C37 · 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. O-O gxf3 6. Qxf3 Qf6 7. Nc3 Qd4+ 8. Kh1 Qxc4 9. Nd5
More King's Gambit Accepted lines (all)
- King's Gambit Accepted C33
- King's Gambit Accepted: Basman Gambit C33
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit C33
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Anderssen Defense C33
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Anderssen Variation C33
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Bledow Countergambit C33
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Bledow Variation C33
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Boden Variation C33
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Bogoljubow Defense C33
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Bogoljubow Variation C33
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Boren-Svenonius Variation C33
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Bryan Countergambit C33
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.