King's Gambit Accepted: Allgaier, Blackburne Gambit
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ng5 h6 6. Nxf7 Kxf7 7. Nc3
The King's Gambit Accepted: Allgaier, Blackburne Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO C39, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ng5 h6 6. Nxf7 Kxf7 7. Nc3. It is a line of the King's Gambit Accepted. Black is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 4 times by this move order. White won 75%, 0% were drawn and Black won 25%. The most popular continuation is 7… h5 (25% of games).
Engine evaluation: −2.28 (Stockfish, depth 36; best line 7… Nf6 8. d4 d5 9. Bxf4 Kg7 10. Nxd5)
- ECO
- C39
- Moves
- 13 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ng5 h6 6. Nxf7 Kxf7 7. Nc3
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 2 | |
| 2000+ | 2 | |
| All | 4 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 7… h5 | 1 (25%) | |
| 7… f3 | 1 (25%) | |
| 7… d5 | 1 (25%) | |
| 7… Nf6 | 1 (25%) |
Master games
1 over-the-board game is classified under this line (White 0%, draw 0%, Black 100%). The strongest:
- FM Jacob Dreelinck (2241) – IM Niklas Schmider (2393) 0-1 · Titled Tue 24th Dec Early · 2024-12-24
Search all games of the King's Gambit Accepted: Allgaier, Blackburne Gambit and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Burvla (2114) – JAGAT85 (2108) 1-0 · 2026-09-04 · 600 + 0s
- ARARAT71 (1911) – Volkov_Sergey (2311) 1-0 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
- AAH88 (1486) – IharMir (1505) 0-1 · 2026-09-07 · 180 + 2s
Comes from
King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky Gambit, Cotter Gambit 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ng5 h6 6. Nxf7
More King's Gambit Accepted lines (all)
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- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Anderssen Variation C33
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Bledow Countergambit C33
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Bledow Variation C33
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Boden Variation C33
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Bogoljubow Defense C33
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Bogoljubow Variation C33
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Boren-Svenonius Variation C33
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Bryan Countergambit C33
Opening names and moves from the Lichess openings dataset; statistics from the Lichess open database, 2026-09 (CC0), sample of 12.6 million games, bots excluded; evaluations from Lichess cloud analysis (all CC0). Master games from The Week in Chess #920–#1664 by Mark Crowther, used with permission.