Tree path 8 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: Ghulam-Kassim Gambit › King's Gambit Accepted: Kotov 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: Ghulam-Kassim Gambit C37
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King's Gambit Accepted: Kotov Gambit
Overview
King's Gambit Accepted: Kotov 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.
The line arises from 11 plies — specifically the moves 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. d4 gxf3 6. Bxf4.
The line refines King's Gambit Accepted: Ghulam-Kassim Gambit, which traces back to the root opening King's Pawn Game.
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- ECO code
- C37
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 11
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Statistics from Lichess
517 games · White 49.3% / Draw 3.3% / Black 47.4%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| fxg2 | 329 | |
| Qh4+ | 51 | |
| Qf6 | 35 | |
| f2+ | 27 | |
| Bb4+ | 16 | |
| d5 | 15 | |
| Bh6 | 13 | |
| d6 | 12 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 02:28:34
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