King's Gambit Accepted: Allgaier Gambit
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ng5
The King's Gambit Accepted: Allgaier 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. It is a line of the King's Gambit Accepted. Black is to move. 2 named lines continue from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 650 times by this move order. White won 54%, 1% were drawn and Black won 45%. The most popular continuation is 5… h6 (48% of games).
Engine evaluation: −2.00 (Stockfish, depth 30; best line 5… h6 6. Nxf7 Kxf7 7. Qxg4 Nf6 8. Qxf4)
- ECO
- C39
- Moves
- 9 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ng5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 67 | |
| 1500-1999 | 473 | |
| 2000+ | 110 | |
| All | 650 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5… h6 | 311 (48%) | |
| 5… h5 | 110 (17%) | |
| 5… f6 | 60 (9%) | |
| 5… d5 | 52 (8%) | |
| 5… d6 | 51 (8%) | |
| 5… Be7 | 18 (3%) | |
| 5… Nh6 | 11 (2%) | |
| 5… Nf6 Allgaier, Schlechter Defense | 11 (2%) |
Master games
11 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 55%, draw 9%, Black 36%). The strongest:
- FM Gleb Kaganskiy (2225) – FM Wojciech Przybylski (2321) 0-1 · Titled Tue 13th Sep Late · 2022-09-13
- Dalibor Prochazka (2148) – Vojtech Dobes (2220) 1/2-1/2 · Pankrac Cup 2016 · 2016-09-27
- Egor Yakovlev (1985) – Csaba Horvath (2208) 1-0 · Czech Open G1 Rapid 2013 · 2013-07-18
- Leif Egholm (1718) – Per Skjoldager (2131) 0-1 · Politiken Cup 2014 · 2014-07-21
- Omar Obeid (1327) – Benjamin Brandis (2029) 1-0 · 1st FIDE World Uni BlitzB · 2021-03-13
Search all games of the King's Gambit Accepted: Allgaier Gambit and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Duubik (2371) – TrVcZ (2461) 1-0 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
- Paul77A (2339) – IM Andr123321 (2411) 0-1 · 2026-09-07 · 180 + 0s
- AlexL808 (2245) – eddydaddy (2366) 0-1 · 2026-09-02 · 300 + 0s
Comes from
King's Gambit Accepted: King's Knight's Gambit (3… g5 4. h4) 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4
Continuations
- King's Gambit Accepted: Allgaier, Schlechter Defense C39 · 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ng5 Nf6
- King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky Gambit, Cotter Gambit C39 · 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ng5 h6 6. Nxf7
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.