King's Gambit Accepted: Muzio Gambit, Brentano Defense
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. O-O d5
The King's Gambit Accepted: Muzio Gambit, Brentano 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 d5. 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 5 times by this move order. White won 20%, 0% were drawn and Black won 80%. The most popular continuation is 6. Bxd5 (80% of games).
Engine evaluation: −0.31 (Stockfish, depth 34; best line 6. exd5 gxf3 7. Qxf3 Bd6 8. d4 Ne7)
- ECO
- C37
- Moves
- 10 plies
- FEN
rnbqkbnr/ppp2p1p/8/3p4/2B1Ppp1/5N2/PPPP2PP/RNBQ1RK1 w kq - 0 6- PGN
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. O-O d5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 1 | |
| 1500-1999 | 3 | |
| 2000+ | 1 | |
| All | 5 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 6. Bxd5 | 4 (80%) | |
| 6. exd5 | 1 (20%) |
Master games
1 over-the-board game is classified under this line (White 100%, draw 0%, Black 0%). The strongest:
- FM Claudio Olivares Olivares (2287) – FM Julian Colville (2067) 1-0 · Titled Tue 11th Jun Early · 2024-06-11
Highest-rated Lichess games
- WhiteLion27 (2070) – RLCHESS_PNS (2029) 1-0 · 2026-09-07 · 180 + 0s
- Saidswail (1855) – scornet-dz (1855) 0-1 · 2026-09-02 · 600 + 0s
- jfzery (1724) – Talant74 (1806) 0-1 · 2026-09-07 · 180 + 0s
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
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.