King's Gambit Accepted: Hanstein Gambit
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. O-O
The King's Gambit Accepted: Hanstein Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO C38, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. O-O. 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 534 times by this move order. White won 41%, 2% were drawn and Black won 57%. The most popular continuation is 5… h6 (51% of games).
Engine evaluation: −1.51 (Stockfish, depth 32; best line 5… d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. c3 h6 8. h4)
- ECO
- C38
- Moves
- 9 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. O-O
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 33 | |
| 1500-1999 | 364 | |
| 2000+ | 137 | |
| All | 534 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5… h6 | 274 (51%) | |
| 5… d6 | 160 (30%) | |
| 5… Nc6 | 44 (8%) | |
| 5… c6 | 13 (2%) | |
| 5… Nh6 | 13 (2%) | |
| 5… g4 | 12 (2%) | |
| 5… Qe7 | 7 (1%) | |
| 5… Nf6 | 4 (1%) |
Master games
22 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 27%, draw 23%, Black 50%). The strongest:
- GM Dmitry Andreikin (2729) – IM Mark Timmermans (2391) 1-0 · Titled Tue 20th Sep Late · 2022-09-20
- GM Sarunas Sulskis (2550) – IM Mindaugas Beinoras (2402) 1/2-1/2 · Baltic zt Ilyumzhinov Cup 2014 · 2014-06-08
- CM Hagesaether, H. (2278) – FM Mads Hansen (2341) 0-1 · Chess House IM 2012 · 2012-07-15
- CM Evgenij Novikov (2276) – FM Adam Kujawski (2239) 0-1 · Titled Tuesday 29th Dec · 2020-12-29
- IM Justin Sarkar (2341) – CM Juan Manuel Garcia Almaguer (2090) 0-1 · Titled Tue 25th Apr Early · 2023-04-25
Search all games of the King's Gambit Accepted: Hanstein Gambit and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Hudson_Lowe (2569) – FM bartsimpson6 (2428) 0-1 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 0s
- ph0rial (2404) – NM comsac (2590) 1-0 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 0s
- SparkyMarky (2432) – FM ArdianJashari (2423) 1-0 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
King's Gambit Accepted: Traditional Variation 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Bg7
More King's Gambit Accepted lines (all)
- King's Gambit Accepted C33
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- 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.