King's Gambit Accepted: Muzio Gambit Accepted, From's Defense

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. O-O gxf3 6. Qxf3 Qe7

King's Gambit Accepted: Muzio Gambit Accepted, From's Defense after 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. O-O gxf3 6. Qxf3 Qe7 87654321abcdefgh

The King's Gambit Accepted: Muzio Gambit Accepted, From's Defense 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 Qe7. It is a line of the King's Gambit Accepted. White is to move.

In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 11 times by this move order. White won 45%, 0% were drawn and Black won 55%. The most popular continuation is 7. d4 (36% of games).

Engine evaluation: −0.44 (Stockfish, depth 40; best line 7. Qxf4 Qc5+ 8. Rf2 Qxc4 9. Qe5+ Qe6)

ECO
C37
Moves
12 plies
FEN
rnb1kbnr/ppppqp1p/8/8/2B1Pp2/5Q2/PPPP2PP/RNB2RK1 w kq - 1 7
PGN
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. O-O gxf3 6. Qxf3 Qe7

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Results by rating

Average ratingGamesWhite / draw / Black
1500-19991040%60%
2000+1100%
All1145%55%

Most played moves

MoveGamesWhite / draw / Black
7. d44 (36%)50%50%
7. Nc33 (27%)33%67%
7. Qxf43 (27%)67%33%
7. d31 (9%)100%

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Comes from

King's Gambit Accepted: Muzio Gambit, Wild Muzio Gambit 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. O-O

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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.