King's Gambit Accepted: Rosentreter Gambit, Sörensen Gambit

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. d4 g4 5. Nc3

King's Gambit Accepted: Rosentreter Gambit, Sörensen Gambit after 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. d4 g4 5. Nc3 87654321abcdefgh

The King's Gambit Accepted: Rosentreter Gambit, Sörensen Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO C37, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. d4 g4 5. Nc3. It is a line of the King's Gambit Accepted. Black is to move.

In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 3 times by this move order. White won 67%, 0% were drawn and Black won 33%. The most popular continuation is 5… gxf3 (100% of games).

Engine evaluation: −1.10 (Stockfish, depth 32; best line 5… Nc6 6. Ne5 Qh4+ 7. Ke2 Nxe5 8. dxe5)

ECO
C37
Moves
9 plies
FEN
rnbqkbnr/pppp1p1p/8/8/3PPpp1/2N2N2/PPP3PP/R1BQKB1R b KQkq - 1 5
PGN
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. d4 g4 5. Nc3

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Results by rating

Average ratingGamesWhite / draw / Black
0-14991100%
2000+250%50%
All367%33%

Most played moves

MoveGamesWhite / draw / Black
5… gxf33 (100%)67%33%

Highest-rated Lichess games

Comes from

King's Gambit Accepted: Rosentreter Gambit 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. d4

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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.