King's Gambit Accepted: Philidor Gambit
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. h4
The King's Gambit Accepted: Philidor Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO C38, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. h4. It is a line of the King's Gambit Accepted. Black is to move. 1 named line continues from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 89 times by this move order. White won 47%, 1% were drawn and Black won 52%. The most popular continuation is 5… h6 (56% of games).
Engine evaluation: −0.51 (Stockfish, depth 38; best line 5… h6 6. d4 Nc6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Qd3)
- ECO
- C38
- Moves
- 9 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. h4
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 1 | |
| 1500-1999 | 56 | |
| 2000+ | 32 | |
| All | 89 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5… h6 | 50 (56%) | |
| 5… g4 | 34 (38%) | |
| 5… f6 | 4 (4%) | |
| 5… d5 | 1 (1%) |
Master games
8 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 50%, draw 12%, Black 38%). The strongest:
- IM Xu, X. (2452) – GM Vitaly Sivuk (2454) 1-0 · 2nd Bundesliga West 23-24 · 2024-03-16
- Isaac Wiebe (1997) – IM Abdimalik Abdisalimov (2392) 1-0 · Titled Tuesday 23rd Feb · 2021-02-23
- CM Jesus Manue Vargas Pereda (1930) – Theodore Slade (2086) 0-1 · Titled Tue 24th Sep Early · 2024-09-24
- CM Matei-Valeriu Mogirzan (2086) – WCM Batpelden Buyankhishig (1908) 1-0 · Titled Tue 7th Jan Early · 2025-01-07
- Jiri Novak (1737) – FM Jaroslav Cempel (2197) 1/2-1/2 · Havirov Open 2012 · 2012-08-25
Search all games of the King's Gambit Accepted: Philidor Gambit and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- petrnml (2305) – andrey_chess77 (2482) 1-0 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 2s
- alek_0047 (2334) – Kalancha (2226) 1-0 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 2s
- Sko-Jropien (2274) – Arkady1979 (2251) 1/2-1/2 · 2026-09-07 · 300 + 0s
Comes from
King's Gambit Accepted: Traditional Variation 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Bg7
Continuations
- King's Gambit Accepted: Greco Gambit (9… Bxh8 10. Ne5) C38 · 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. h4 h6 6. d4 d6 7. Nc3 c6 8. hxg5 hxg5 9. Rxh8 Bxh8 10. Ne5
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.