King's Gambit Accepted: Philidor Gambit, Schultz Variation
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 h6 4. Bc4 d6 5. d4 g5 6. h4 Bg7 7. Qd3
The King's Gambit Accepted: Philidor Gambit, Schultz Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO C38, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 h6 4. Bc4 d6 5. d4 g5 6. h4 Bg7 7. Qd3. It is a line of the King's Gambit Accepted. Black is to move.
This exact move order didn't appear in our sample of 12.6 million Lichess games: it's a rare line.
Engine evaluation: −0.75 (Stockfish, depth 36; best line 7… Nc6 8. Nc3 Bd7 9. e5 Kf8 10. hxg5)
- ECO
- C38
- Moves
- 13 plies
- FEN
rnbqk1nr/ppp2pb1/3p3p/6p1/2BPPp1P/3Q1N2/PPP3P1/RNB1K2R b KQkq - 2 7- PGN
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 h6 4. Bc4 d6 5. d4 g5 6. h4 Bg7 7. Qd3
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Comes from
King's Gambit Accepted: Becker Defense 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 h6
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- 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.