King's Gambit Accepted: Salvio Gambit, Santa Maria Defense
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. Ne5 Qh4+ 6. Kf1 Nf6
The King's Gambit Accepted: Salvio Gambit, Santa Maria Defense 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 Nf6. 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 21 times by this move order. White won 48%, 0% were drawn and Black won 52%. The most popular continuation is 7. Bxf7+ (67% of games).
Engine evaluation: −0.94 (Stockfish, depth 30; best line 7. Qe1 Qxe1+ 8. Kxe1 d6 9. Nxf7 Rg8)
- ECO
- C37
- Moves
- 12 plies
- FEN
rnb1kb1r/pppp1p1p/5n2/4N3/2B1Pppq/8/PPPP2PP/RNBQ1K1R w kq - 4 7- PGN
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. Ne5 Qh4+ 6. Kf1 Nf6
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 2 | |
| 1500-1999 | 17 | |
| 2000+ | 2 | |
| All | 21 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 7. Bxf7+ | 14 (67%) | |
| 7. Nxf7 | 4 (19%) | |
| 7. d3 | 2 (10%) | |
| 7. Nc3 | 1 (5%) |
Highest-rated Lichess games
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Comes from
King's Gambit Accepted: Salvio Gambit 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. Ne5
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- 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.