King's Gambit Accepted: Sörensen Gambit
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. d4 g4 5. Ne5
The King's Gambit Accepted: Sörensen Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO C37, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. d4 g4 5. Ne5. It is a line of the King's Gambit Accepted. Black is to move. 1 named line continues from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 414 times by this move order. White won 43%, 1% were drawn and Black won 56%. The most popular continuation is 5… Qh4+ (82% of games).
Engine evaluation: −0.57 (Stockfish, depth 48; best line 5… Qh4+ 6. g3 fxg3 7. Qxg4 Qxg4 8. Nxg4)
- ECO
- C37
- Moves
- 9 plies
- FEN
rnbqkbnr/pppp1p1p/8/4N3/3PPpp1/8/PPP3PP/RNBQKB1R b KQkq - 1 5- PGN
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. d4 g4 5. Ne5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 91 | |
| 1500-1999 | 286 | |
| 2000+ | 37 | |
| All | 414 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5… Qh4+ | 340 (82%) | |
| 5… d6 | 48 (12%) | |
| 5… h5 | 9 (2%) | |
| 5… Nf6 | 4 (1%) | |
| 5… f3 | 2 (0%) | |
| 5… f6 | 2 (0%) | |
| 5… Qg5 | 2 (0%) | |
| 5… Bh6 | 2 (0%) |
Highest-rated Lichess games
- T-80BVM (2594) – FM Alexboy14 (2740) 1-0 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
- Dam0n11 (2342) – CEVLRL (2327) 0-1 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 0s
- NM IgnacioCavadini (2367) – laeroaw (2265) 1-0 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
King's Gambit Accepted: Rosentreter Gambit 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. d4
Continuations
- King's Gambit Accepted: Rosentreter Gambit, Bird Gambit C37 · 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. d4 g4 5. Ne5 Qh4+ 6. g3
More King's Gambit Accepted lines (all)
- King's Gambit Accepted C33
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- 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.