Tree path 9 levels King's Pawn Game › King's Gambit › King's Gambit Accepted › King's Knight's Gambit › King's Gambit Accepted: King's Knight's Gambit › King's Gambit Accepted: King's Knight's Gambit › King's Gambit Accepted: Muzio Gambit, Wild Muzio Gambit › King's Gambit Accepted: Muzio Gambit, Sarratt Defense › King's Gambit Accepted: Double Muzio Gambit, Bello Gambit
- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game C20
- King's Gambit C30
- King's Gambit Accepted C33
- King's Knight's Gambit C34
- King's Gambit Accepted: King's Knight's Gambit C34
- King's Gambit Accepted: King's Knight's Gambit C37
- King's Gambit Accepted: Muzio Gambit, Wild Muzio Gambit C37
- King's Gambit Accepted: Muzio Gambit, Sarratt Defense C37
- King's Gambit Accepted: Double Muzio Gambit, Bello Gambit C37 you are here
King's Gambit Accepted: Double Muzio Gambit, Bello Gambit
Overview
King's Gambit Accepted: Double Muzio Gambit, Bello Gambit belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO C37, Open Games). It trades material for attacking chances — a classic trade-off that has fascinated players from the Romantic era to modern correspondence chess.
The Open Games group covers open games — classical 1.e4 e5 openings where both sides contest the centre directly with pawns.
It begins with 13 plies and takes 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. O-O gxf3 6. Qxf3 Qf6 7. Nc3 to reach the canonical position.
The line refines King's Gambit Accepted: Muzio Gambit, Sarratt Defense, which traces back to the root opening King's Pawn Game.
It continues primarily into one named line, King's Gambit Accepted: Double Muzio Gambit, Baldwin Gambit.
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- ECO code
- C37
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 13
- Direct variations
- 1
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Statistics from Lichess
22,953 games · White 49.4% / Draw 2.3% / Black 48.3%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| Qd4+ | 12,821 | |
| c6 | 3,525 | |
| Bc5+ | 2,368 | |
| Ne7 | 1,500 | |
| Nc6 | 1,231 | |
| d6 | 617 | |
| Bh6 | 571 | |
| Bd6 | 114 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 02:49:10
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