King's Gambit Accepted: Allgaier Gambit, Thorold Attack
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ng5 h6 6. Nxf7 Kxf7 7. d4
The King's Gambit Accepted: Allgaier Gambit, Thorold Attack 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. d4. It is a line of the King's Gambit Accepted. Black is to move. 1 named line continues from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 13 times by this move order. White won 85%, 0% were drawn and Black won 15%. The most popular continuation is 7… d5 (54% of games).
Engine evaluation: −2.24 (Stockfish, depth 33; best line 7… d5 8. Nc3 Nf6 9. Bxf4 Kg7 10. Nxd5)
- ECO
- C39
- Moves
- 13 plies
- FEN
rnbq1bnr/pppp1k2/7p/8/3PPppP/8/PPP3P1/RNBQKB1R b KQ - 0 7- PGN
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ng5 h6 6. Nxf7 Kxf7 7. d4
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 1 | |
| 1500-1999 | 2 | |
| 2000+ | 10 | |
| All | 13 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 7… d5 | 7 (54%) | |
| 7… h5 | 3 (23%) | |
| 7… f3 | 1 (8%) | |
| 7… Qf6 | 1 (8%) | |
| 7… Qe7 | 1 (8%) |
Highest-rated Lichess games
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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
Continuations
- King's Gambit Accepted: Allgaier, Cook Variation C39 · 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ng5 h6 6. Nxf7 Kxf7 7. d4 d5 8. Bxf4 dxe4 9. Bc4+ Kg7 10. Be5+
More King's Gambit Accepted lines (all)
- King's Gambit Accepted C33
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- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit C33
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Anderssen Defense C33
- 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.