King's Gambit Accepted: Allgaier Gambit, Urusov Attack
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ng5 h6 6. Nxf7 Kxf7 7. Bc4+
The King's Gambit Accepted: Allgaier Gambit, Urusov 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. Bc4+. 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 90 times by this move order. White won 52%, 2% were drawn and Black won 46%. The most popular continuation is 7… d5 (53% of games).
Engine evaluation: −1.85 (Stockfish, depth 32; best line 7… d5 8. Bxd5+ Kg7 9. d4 Bd6 10. Nc3)
- ECO
- C39
- Moves
- 13 plies
- FEN
rnbq1bnr/pppp1k2/7p/8/2B1PppP/8/PPPP2P1/RNBQK2R b KQ - 1 7- PGN
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ng5 h6 6. Nxf7 Kxf7 7. Bc4+
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 9 | |
| 1500-1999 | 65 | |
| 2000+ | 16 | |
| All | 90 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 7… d5 | 48 (53%) | |
| 7… Ke8 | 35 (39%) | |
| 7… Ke7 | 3 (3%) | |
| 7… Kg7 | 2 (2%) | |
| 7… Kf6 | 1 (1%) | |
| 7… Kg6 | 1 (1%) |
Master games
2 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 50%, draw 0%, Black 50%). The strongest:
- CM Conrad Thake (1847) – WFM Radmila Kovacevic (2042) 0-1 · Titled Tue 2nd Apr Late · 2024-04-02
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Paul77A (2339) – IM Andr123321 (2411) 0-1 · 2026-09-07 · 180 + 0s
- internacionale (2144) – Tatiana_Shitova_1972 (2168) 1/2-1/2 · 2026-09-07 · 420 + 2s
- Nonametk (2108) – michi201313 (2156) 0-1 · 2026-09-07 · 180 + 0s
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, Urusov Attack C39 · 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ng5 h6 6. Nxf7 Kxf7 7. Bc4+ d5 8. Bxd5+ Kg7 9. d4
More King's Gambit Accepted lines (all)
- King's Gambit Accepted C33
- King's Gambit Accepted: Basman Gambit C33
- 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.