King's Gambit Accepted: Silberschmidt Gambit
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. Ne5 Qh4+ 6. Kf1 Nh6 7. d4 f3
The King's Gambit Accepted: Silberschmidt 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 Nh6 7. d4 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 14 times by this move order. White won 21%, 0% were drawn and Black won 79%. The most popular continuation is 8. Bxh6 (64% of games).
Engine evaluation: −0.12 (Stockfish, depth 31; best line 8. Nc3 d6 9. Nd3 Be6 10. Bb3 Na6)
- ECO
- C37
- Moves
- 14 plies
- FEN
rnb1kb1r/pppp1p1p/7n/4N3/2BPP1pq/5p2/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 f3
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 2 | |
| 1500-1999 | 9 | |
| 2000+ | 3 | |
| All | 14 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 8. Bxh6 | 9 (64%) | |
| 8. gxf3 | 3 (21%) | |
| 8. h3 | 1 (7%) | |
| 8. Nxf3 | 1 (7%) |
Highest-rated Lichess games
- David_Spearman (2160) – Negotinac (2160) 0-1 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
- Jetlijahr (2046) – bmct_4 (2170) 0-1 · 2026-09-03 · 1500 + 0s
- Andrey-2871 (2005) – hasanmirzaei7878 (2012) 0-1 · 2026-09-01 · 300 + 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.