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
The King's Gambit Accepted: Salvio Gambit, Silberschmidt 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 Nh6. It is a line of the King's Gambit Accepted. White is to move. 2 named lines continue from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 284 times by this move order. White won 34%, 4% were drawn and Black won 62%. The most popular continuation is 7. d4 (81% of games).
Engine evaluation: −0.13 (Stockfish, depth 34; best line 7. d4 f3 8. Nc3 c6 9. Bb3 d6)
- ECO
- C37
- Moves
- 12 plies
- FEN
rnb1kb1r/pppp1p1p/7n/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 Nh6
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 15 | |
| 1500-1999 | 229 | |
| 2000+ | 40 | |
| All | 284 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 7. d4 | 230 (81%) | |
| 7. d3 | 36 (13%) | |
| 7. Nc3 | 6 (2%) | |
| 7. Qe1 | 4 (1%) | |
| 7. Nxg4 | 2 (1%) | |
| 7. h3 | 2 (1%) | |
| 7. c3 | 2 (1%) | |
| 7. Bxf7+ | 1 (0%) |
Master games
1 over-the-board game is classified under this line (White 0%, draw 0%, Black 100%). The strongest:
- Matthias Bolk (2080) – GM Rene Stern (2527) 0-1 · Lichtenrader Herbst 2018 · 2018-10-28
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 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. Ne5
Continuations
- King's Gambit Accepted: Salvio Gambit, Anderssen Counterattack C37 · 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. Ne5 Qh4+ 6. Kf1 Nh6 7. d4 d6
- King's Gambit Accepted: Silberschmidt Gambit C37 · 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. Ne5 Qh4+ 6. Kf1 Nh6 7. d4 f3
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.