King's Gambit Accepted: Muzio Gambit, Sarratt Defense

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. O-O gxf3 6. Qxf3 Qf6

The King's Gambit Accepted: Muzio Gambit, Sarratt 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 Qf6. It is a line of the King's Gambit Accepted. White is to move. 4 named lines continue from this position.

In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 482 times by this move order. White won 46%, 2% were drawn and Black won 52%. The most popular continuation is 7. c3 (34% of games).

Engine evaluation: −1.50 (Stockfish, depth 63; best line 7. d3 Nc6 8. Bxf4 Nd4 9. Qh5 Ne6)

ECO: C37
Moves: 12 plies
FEN: rnb1kbnr/pppp1p1p/5q2/8/2B1Pp2/5Q2/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 Qf6

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Results by rating

Average rating	Games	White / draw / Black
0-1499	18	17%83%
1500-1999	373	48%50%
2000+	91	45%53%
All	482	46%52%

Most played moves

Move	Games	White / draw / Black
7. c3	163 (34%)	44%56%
7. e5	115 (24%)	56%42%
7. d3	112 (23%)	46%52%
7. Nc3 Double Muzio Gambit, Bello Gambit	62 (13%)	48%52%
7. d4	16 (3%)	25%75%
7. Kh1	3 (1%)	33%67%
7. Bb3	2 (0%)	50%50%
7. Qxf4	2 (0%)	50%50%

Master games

13 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 46%, draw 8%, Black 46%). The strongest:

GM Angel Arribas Lopez (2559) – FM Javier Aguera Naredo (2358) 0-1 · 80th ch-ESP 2015 · 2015-08-25
FM Alexander Sokolov (2382) – FM Samir Sahidi (2380) 0-1 · Karel Opocensky Mem 2019 · 2019-06-28
CM Vladimir Mikhailovsky (2215) – FM Levi Kalani Alexander Fogo Esquivel (2100) 0-1 · 1st 3-0 Thu 5th Feb 2026 · 2026-02-05
CM Jesus Manue Vargas Pereda (1948) – FM Andre Mendez Machado (2146) 1-0 · Titled Tue 10th Dec Late · 2024-12-10
Tomas Horvath (2041) – Lukas Mikulu (2008) 1-0 · Betsys ch-CZE On/L Blitz · 2021-04-17

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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

Continuations

King's Gambit Accepted: Double Muzio Gambit, Bello Gambit C37 · 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. O-O gxf3 6. Qxf3 Qf6 7. Nc3
King's Gambit Accepted: Double Muzio Gambit C37 · 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. O-O gxf3 6. Qxf3 Qf6 7. e5 Qxe5 8. Bxf7+
King's Gambit Accepted: Double Muzio Gambit, Young Gambit C37 · 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. O-O gxf3 6. Qxf3 Qf6 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7 8. d4 Qxd4+ 9. Be3 Qf6 10. Nc3 fxe3
King's Gambit Accepted: Double Muzio Gambit, Paulsen Defense C37 · 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. O-O gxf3 6. Qxf3 Qf6 7. e5 Qxe5 8. d3 Bh6 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. Bd2 Nbc6 11. Rae1

More King's Gambit Accepted lines (all)

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.