King's Gambit Accepted: Lolli Gambit
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. Bxf7+
The King's Gambit Accepted: Lolli Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO C37, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. Bxf7+. 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 371 times by this move order. White won 58%, 3% were drawn and Black won 39%. The most popular continuation is 5… Kxf7 (98% of games).
Engine evaluation: −2.25 (Stockfish, depth 30; best line 5… Kxf7 6. Ne5+ Ke8 7. Qxg4 Nf6 8. Qxf4)
- ECO
- C37
- Moves
- 9 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. Bxf7+
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 58 | |
| 1500-1999 | 288 | |
| 2000+ | 25 | |
| All | 371 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5… Kxf7 | 365 (98%) | |
| 5… Ke7 | 6 (2%) |
Master games
3 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 0%, draw 0%, Black 100%). The strongest:
- Hamlet Araya Gonzalez (1625) – FM Oswaldo Valentin Requejo Cotrina (2187) 0-1 · 6th Marcel Duchamp Cup · 2023-02-03
- Fahad A Al Turky (1836) – CM Abdulrahman A Masrahi (1903) 0-1 · World Rapid 2018 · 2018-12-26
- Micah Mcclary Haddix (1568) – Vincent Dumont (1794) 0-1 · 6th Famalicao Open 2018 · 2018-07-30
Search all games of the King's Gambit Accepted: Lolli Gambit and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Tamerbashyr (2140) – telordadar_BCC (2228) 1-0 · 2026-09-06 · 300 + 0s
- aidinchess1995 (2127) – sochesssogood (2163) 1-0 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
- Tamerbashyr (2081) – modo12 (2155) 0-1 · 2026-09-05 · 300 + 0s
Comes from
King's Gambit Accepted: King's Knight's Gambit (3… g5 4. Bc4) 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4
Continuations
- King's Gambit Accepted: Lolli Gambit, Young Variation C37 · 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. Bxf7+ Kxf7 6. O-O gxf3 7. Qxf3 Qf6 8. d4 Qxd4+ 9. Be3 Qf6 10. Nc3
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.