King's Gambit Accepted: Mayet Gambit
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. d4 d6 6. c3
The King's Gambit Accepted: Mayet Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO C38, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. d4 d6 6. c3. 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 41 times by this move order. White won 46%, 3% were drawn and Black won 51%. The most popular continuation is 6… h6 (54% of games).
Engine evaluation: −1.18 (Stockfish, depth 29; best line 6… g4 7. Qb3 Nh6 8. Ng1 Qh4+ 9. Kd1)
- ECO
- C38
- Moves
- 11 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. d4 d6 6. c3
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 1 | |
| 1500-1999 | 27 | |
| 2000+ | 13 | |
| All | 41 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 6… h6 | 22 (54%) | |
| 6… Nc6 | 9 (22%) | |
| 6… Bg4 | 3 (7%) | |
| 6… Be6 | 2 (5%) | |
| 6… g4 | 2 (5%) | |
| 6… a6 | 1 (2%) | |
| 6… c6 | 1 (2%) | |
| 6… Nh6 | 1 (2%) |
Master games
5 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 40%, draw 0%, Black 60%). The strongest:
- FM Claudio Olivares Olivares (2287) – WCM Enkhrii Enkh-Amgalan (1942) 0-1 · Titled Tue 11th Jun Early · 2024-06-11
- Sorin-Mihai Samu (2131) – Renato Bajer (1914) 1-0 · Gibraltar Masters 2014 · 2014-02-03
- CM Jiri Novak (1837) – CM Vit Bures (2110) 0-1 · TCh-CZE 1 Liga Vychod · 2022-03-27
- Stefano Mazza (1789) – Frederic Baudin (2001) 0-1 · 11th Plancoet Open 2014 · 2014-08-02
- Svein J Albrigtsen (1694) – Torbjorn Oygard (1551) 1-0 · 9th Sveins Memorial · 2016-06-27
Search all games of the King's Gambit Accepted: Mayet Gambit and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- ARF-Reis (2159) – Fr1schkaese (2217) 1-0 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
- FM Voldemator (2136) – Fr1schkaese (2236) 1-0 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
- Surgeonfromikere (2142) – harriskristianto (2207) 0-1 · 2026-09-04 · 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
- 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.