C37 · Gambit · a plan for White

King's Gambit Accepted: Double Muzio Gambit

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1.e4e52.f4exf43.Nf3g54.Bc4g45.O-Ogxf36.Qxf3Qf67.e5Qxe58.Bxf7+
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
King's Gambit Accepted: Double Muzio Gambit27k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
97%26k38%
2.9%78745%
0.1%2438%
Famous games in this line10 master games
Tsarenkov, Nikolay (2364) – Novichkov, Vadim (2420)20021–0Medgyes, Zoltán (2377) – Lee, Michael (2356)20200–1Shirov, Alexei (2500) – Lapinski, J. (2200)19901–0Kuznetsov, Sergei (2396) – Korjakin, Boris (2274)20071–0Lilov, Valeri (2259) – Filev, Georgi (2389)20060–1Brady, Stephen (2320) – Heidenfeld, Mark (2280)19910–1Lanzani, Mario (2371) – Sheskin, Matan (2207)20101–0Frink, Ferenc (2240) – Kadas, Gabor (2226)20021–0
Heroes of this opening Tsarenkov, Nikolay · Lee, Michael · Shirov, Alexei · Kuznetsov, Sergei
Family
King's Gambit
Category
Gambit
First move
1.e4
ECO
C37
Line
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. O-O gxf3 6. Qxf3 Qf6 7. e5 Qxe5 8. Bxf7+
GambitSharp
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From the archives

For three centuries chess WAS the King's Gambit — Anderssen's Immortal Game (1851), sacrificing both rooks and the queen, opens 1.e4 e5 2.f4. Then Fischer, furious after losing to Spassky's, published 'A Bust to the King's Gambit' (1961). It's never been the same — and it still wins miniatures every day.

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