King's Gambit Accepted: Salvio Gambit, Cochrane Gambit

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. Ne5 Qh4+ 6. Kf1 f3

King's Gambit Accepted: Salvio Gambit, Cochrane Gambit after 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. Ne5 Qh4+ 6. Kf1 f3 87654321abcdefgh

The King's Gambit Accepted: Salvio Gambit, Cochrane Gambit 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 f3. 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 52 times by this move order. White won 44%, 0% were drawn and Black won 56%. The most popular continuation is 7. Bxf7+ (44% of games).

Engine evaluation: −1.75 (Stockfish, depth 30; best line 7. Bxf7+ Ke7 8. Bb3 Nc6 9. d4 Nxe5)

ECO
C37
Moves
12 plies
FEN
rnb1kbnr/pppp1p1p/8/4N3/2B1P1pq/5p2/PPPP2PP/RNBQ1K1R w kq - 0 7
PGN
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. Ne5 Qh4+ 6. Kf1 f3

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Results by rating

Average ratingGamesWhite / draw / Black
0-1499617%83%
1500-19993644%56%
2000+1060%40%
All5244%56%

Most played moves

MoveGamesWhite / draw / Black
7. Bxf7+23 (44%)52%48%
7. gxf318 (35%)50%50%
7. g34 (8%)100%
7. Nxf73 (6%)33%67%
7. d42 (4%)50%50%
7. Nxg41 (2%)100%
7. Qe11 (2%)100%

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King's Gambit Accepted: Salvio Gambit 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. Ne5

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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.