King's Gambit Accepted: Kotov Gambit

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. d4 gxf3 6. Bxf4

The King's Gambit Accepted: Kotov Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO C37, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. d4 gxf3 6. Bxf4. It is a line of the King's Gambit Accepted. Black is to move.

This exact move order didn't appear in our sample of 12.6 million Lichess games: it's a rare line.

Engine evaluation: −2.49 (Stockfish, depth 25; best line 6… Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Bxc3+ 8. bxc3 fxg2 9. Rg1)

ECO

C37

Moves

11 plies

FEN

rnbqkbnr/pppp1p1p/8/8/2BPPB2/5p2/PPP3PP/RN1QK2R b KQkq - 0 6

PGN

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. d4 gxf3 6. Bxf4

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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.