King's Gambit Accepted: Salvio Gambit
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. Ne5
The King's Gambit Accepted: Salvio 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. It is a line of the King's Gambit Accepted. Black is to move. 4 named lines continue from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 882 times by this move order. White won 38%, 3% were drawn and Black won 59%. The most popular continuation is 5… Qh4+ (83% of games).
Engine evaluation: −1.74 (Stockfish, depth 34; best line 5… Qh4+ 6. Kf1 Nc6 7. d4 Nxe5 8. dxe5)
- ECO
- C37
- Moves
- 9 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. Ne5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 99 | |
| 1500-1999 | 683 | |
| 2000+ | 100 | |
| All | 882 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5… Qh4+ | 732 (83%) | |
| 5… Nh6 | 85 (10%) | |
| 5… d5 | 38 (4%) | |
| 5… d6 | 14 (2%) | |
| 5… Nc6 | 4 (0%) | |
| 5… Bc5 | 3 (0%) | |
| 5… h5 | 2 (0%) | |
| 5… f6 | 2 (0%) |
Highest-rated Lichess games
- chetan777 (2433) – Ray_Peat_Bioenergy (2358) 1-0 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 2s
- Chesslone (2326) – Waldbruder (2225) 0-1 · 2026-09-02 · 600 + 0s
- Phika85 (2283) – asitan (2265) 1/2-1/2 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
King's Gambit Accepted: King's Knight's Gambit (3… g5 4. Bc4) 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4
Continuations
- King's Gambit Accepted: Salvio Gambit, Cochrane Gambit C37 · 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. Ne5 Qh4+ 6. Kf1 f3
- King's Gambit Accepted: Salvio Gambit, Santa Maria Defense C37 · 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. Ne5 Qh4+ 6. Kf1 Nf6
- King's Gambit Accepted: Salvio Gambit, Silberschmidt Defense C37 · 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. Ne5 Qh4+ 6. Kf1 Nh6
- King's Gambit Accepted: Salvio Gambit, Viennese Variation C37 · 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. Ne5 Qh4+ 6. Kf1 Nc6
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.