C38 · Gambit · a plan for White

King's Gambit Accepted: Philidor Gambit

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1.e4e52.f4exf43.Nf3g54.Bc4Bg75.h4
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
King's Gambit Accepted: Philidor Gambit42k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
58%24k56%
35%15k45%
4.2%1.8k33%
0.6%25839%
0.6%22950%
0.4%15537%
0.3%12439%
0.3%12140%
0.1%6041%
0.1%4433%
Famous games in this line14 master games
Nakamura, Hikaru (2733) – Ivanchuk, Vassily (2754)2010½–½Xu, X. (2452) – Sivuk, V. (2454)20241–0Dorenberg, Gaston (2353) – Levin, Felix (2524)20020–1Luco, Alain (2285) – Hebden, Mark (2510)19920–1Nun, Josef (2320) – Stern, Rene (2450)19961–0Osinovsky, Stepan (2274) – Tjurin, Alexander P (2400)20030–1Marchisotti, Dr. Mauro (2316) – Onder, Evren (2313)2012½–½Ag, Norbert (2307) – Szabo, Balazs (2314)2012½–½
Heroes of this opening Xu, X. · Levin, Felix · Hebden, Mark · Nun, Josef
Family
King's Gambit
Category
Gambit
First move
1.e4
ECO
C38
Line
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. h4
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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