King's Gambit Accepted: Salvio Gambit, Anderssen Counterattack
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. Ne5 Qh4+ 6. Kf1 Nh6 7. d4 d6
The King's Gambit Accepted: Salvio Gambit, Anderssen Counterattack is a chess opening classified as ECO C37, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. Ne5 Qh4+ 6. Kf1 Nh6 7. d4 d6. It is a line of the King's Gambit Accepted. White is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 180 times by this move order. White won 37%, 1% were drawn and Black won 62%. The most popular continuation is 8. Nd3 (78% of games).
Engine evaluation: 0.00 (Stockfish, depth 38; best line 8. Nd3 f3 9. g3 Qf6 10. Nf4 c6)
- ECO
- C37
- Moves
- 14 plies
- FEN
rnb1kb1r/ppp2p1p/3p3n/4N3/2BPPppq/8/PPP3PP/RNBQ1K1R w kq - 0 8- PGN
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. Ne5 Qh4+ 6. Kf1 Nh6 7. d4 d6
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 8 | |
| 1500-1999 | 140 | |
| 2000+ | 32 | |
| All | 180 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 8. Nd3 | 141 (78%) | |
| 8. Nxf7 | 18 (10%) | |
| 8. Bxf4 | 17 (9%) | |
| 8. Bxf7+ | 3 (2%) | |
| 8. g3 | 1 (1%) |
Master games
2 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 50%, draw 0%, Black 50%). The strongest:
- GM Zhamsaran Tsydypov (2558) – Andrei Skvortsov (2126) 1-0 · 16th Ugra Governor's Cup · 2020-12-04
- Janus Christensen (2156) – Merowig Ancion (1954) 0-1 · Politiken Cup 2013 · 2013-08-01
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Chesslone (2326) – Waldbruder (2225) 0-1 · 2026-09-02 · 600 + 0s
- Luboski (2226) – Jamesdg408 (2265) 0-1 · 2026-09-03 · 600 + 0s
- mattelgeologo (2107) – BanaYalanSoylediler (2269) 0-1 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
King's Gambit Accepted: Salvio Gambit, Silberschmidt Defense 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. Ne5 Qh4+ 6. Kf1 Nh6
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.