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Opening· 12 plies

King's Gambit Accepted: Salvio Gambit, Santa Maria Defense

An entry in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (ECO C37), reached after 12 half-moves: 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. Ne5 Qh4+ 6. Kf1 Nf6.

King's Gambit Accepted: Salvio Gambit, Santa Maria Defense ECO C37
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About this opening

King's Gambit Accepted: Salvio Gambit, Santa Maria Defense is an opening in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings, classified under code C37. ECO group C (C00–C99) covers open games (1.e4 e5) and the French Defence, including the Ruy Lopez, Italian, Scotch and King's Gambit. This particular variation is reached after 12 half-moves from the starting position, with the move sequence 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. Ne5 Qh4+ 6. Kf1 Nf6.

It belongs to the King's Gambit Accepted family. Within that family this is a level-2 branch (the Salvio Gambit → Santa Maria Defense line). The immediate parent line is King's Gambit Accepted: Salvio Gambit, transitioned via 6…Nf6.

The opening sequence in prose form: 1.e4 e5, 2.f4 exf4, 3.Nf3 g5, 4.Bc4 g4, 5.Ne5 Qh4+, 6.Kf1 Nf6. From this position the encyclopaedia records no further canonical continuations — practical play branches into unnamed transpositions or returns to the parent line for alternative ideas.