Chess Opening Theory/1. e4/1...e5/2. f4/2...exf4/3. Nf3/3...g5/4. Bc4/4...g4/5. O-O

King's Gambit Accepted, Muzio Gambit

With 5. O-O, White gambits the knight for a massive lead in development. Most of the time Black takes the Knight and plays 6...Qf6 or 6...Qe7 afterward.

Sometimes White sacrifices his light-squared bishop to draw out the Black king on the heavy f-file, and the play is often White's initiative vs. Black's material lead.

Black can also sacrifice his d-pawn to slow down White with 5...d5 (Brentano defence) and then 6...gxf3.

There is also the Kling and Horwitz counterattck 5...Qe7.

Theory table

King's Gambit Accepted: Muzio Gambit
{{{2}}} a b c d e f g h 8 8 7 7 6 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 a b c d e f g h
Position in Forsyth-Edwards Notation (FEN) rnbqkbnr/pppp1p1p/8/8/2B1Ppp1/5N2/PPPP2PP/RNBQ1RK1 b
Moves: 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. O-O
Parent: King's Gambit

For explanation of theory tables, see theory table and for notation, see algebraic notation..

	5	6	7
Sarratt Defense	... gxf3	Qxf3 Qf6	e5 Qxe5	-/=
From's Defense	... ...	... Qe7	d4 Nc6	-/=