King's Gambit Accepted: Double Muzio Gambit
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. O-O gxf3 6. Qxf3 Qf6 7. e5 Qxe5 8. Bxf7+
The King's Gambit Accepted: Double Muzio 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. e5 Qxe5 8. Bxf7+. It is a line of the King's Gambit Accepted. Black is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 59 times by this move order. White won 66%, 2% were drawn and Black won 32%. The most popular continuation is 8… Kxf7 (97% of games).
Engine evaluation: −2.15 (Stockfish, depth 36; best line 8… Kxf7 9. d4 Qf5 10. Bxf4 Nf6 11. Nc3)
- ECO
- C37
- Moves
- 15 plies
- FEN
rnb1kbnr/pppp1B1p/8/4q3/5p2/5Q2/PPPP2PP/RNB2RK1 b kq - 0 8- PGN
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. O-O gxf3 6. Qxf3 Qf6 7. e5 Qxe5 8. Bxf7+
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 1 | |
| 1500-1999 | 36 | |
| 2000+ | 22 | |
| All | 59 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 8… Kxf7 | 57 (97%) | |
| 8… Kd8 | 2 (3%) |
Master games
13 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 62%, draw 0%, Black 38%). The strongest:
- IM Yunguo Wan (2482) – CM Al Hageri, B. (2139) 1-0 · 52nd Groningen Open · 2014-12-21
- CM Andrea De Heug (2222) – FM Yaroslav Shevchenko (2391) 0-1 · Titled Tue 8th Sep 2026 · 2026-09-08
- WIM Anna Novikova (2232) – FM Timofey Smirnov (2368) 0-1 · Titled Tue 30th Jan Early · 2024-01-30
- IM To, N. (2315) – IM Erdelyi, T. (2094) 1-0 · Kecskemet IM New Year · 2016-12-29
- Torsten Benecke (2010) – Jari Reuker (2383) 0-1 · Bremen Silvester Open · 2019-12-28
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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
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.