King's Gambit Accepted: Rosentreter Gambit
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. d4
The King's Gambit Accepted: Rosentreter Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO C37, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. d4. It is a line of the King's Gambit Accepted. Black is to move. 3 named lines continue from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 1,816 times by this move order. White won 48%, 2% were drawn and Black won 50%. The most popular continuation is 4… g4 (38% of games).
Engine evaluation: −0.56 (Stockfish, depth 48; best line 4… g4 5. Ne5 Qh4+ 6. g3 fxg3 7. Qxg4)
- ECO
- C37
- Moves
- 7 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. d4
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 446 | |
| 1500-1999 | 1,195 | |
| 2000+ | 175 | |
| All | 1,816 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 4… g4 | 695 (38%) | |
| 4… d6 | 299 (16%) | |
| 4… Bg7 | 284 (16%) | |
| 4… h6 | 179 (10%) | |
| 4… d5 | 73 (4%) | |
| 4… f6 | 68 (4%) | |
| 4… Nc6 | 46 (3%) | |
| 4… h5 | 32 (2%) |
Master games
29 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 41%, draw 7%, Black 52%). The strongest:
- GM Ruslan Ponomariov (2712) – GM Leinier Dominguez Perez (2732) 1-0 · IMSA Blitz 2016 · 2016-02-29
- GM Boris Savchenko (2552) – GM Bassem Amin (2682) 0-1 · World Blitz 2022 · 2022-12-29
- FM Lukas Schulz (2347) – GM Daniel Fridman (2586) 1/2-1/2 · 94th ch-GER 2023 · 2023-08-15
- FM Vitaly Gurvich (2230) – GM Alexei Shirov (2662) 0-1 · Titled Tuesday 1st Dec · 2020-12-01
- GM Alexandra Kosteniuk (2516) – IM Timofey Iljin (2299) 1-0 · Titled Tuesday 18th Jan · 2022-01-18
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Highest-rated Lichess games
- T-80BVM (2594) – FM Alexboy14 (2740) 1-0 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
- IM MassterofMayhem (2666) – alexlele2008 (2655) 0-1 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
- young_people (2434) – andrey_chess77 (2464) 1-0 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 2s
Comes from
King's Gambit Accepted: King's Knight's Gambit (3. Nf3 g5) 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5
Continuations
- King's Gambit Accepted: Rosentreter Gambit, Sörensen Gambit C37 · 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. d4 g4 5. Nc3
- King's Gambit Accepted: Rosentreter Gambit, Testa Variation C37 · 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. d4 g4 5. Bxf4
- King's Gambit Accepted: Sörensen Gambit C37 · 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. d4 g4 5. 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.