King's Gambit Accepted: Allgaier, Horny Defense
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ng5 h6 6. Nxf7 Kxf7 7. Qxg4 Nf6 8. Qxf4 Bd6
The King's Gambit Accepted: Allgaier, Horny Defense 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. Qxg4 Nf6 8. Qxf4 Bd6. It is a line of the King's Gambit Accepted. White is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 29 times by this move order. White won 10%, 4% were drawn and Black won 86%. The most popular continuation is 9. e5 (62% of games).
Engine evaluation: −2.24 (Stockfish, depth 42; best line 9. Qe3 Nxe4 10. Qf3+ Nf6 11. d4 Qe7+)
- ECO
- C39
- Moves
- 16 plies
- FEN
rnbq3r/pppp1k2/3b1n1p/8/4PQ1P/8/PPPP2P1/RNB1KB1R w KQ - 1 9- PGN
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ng5 h6 6. Nxf7 Kxf7 7. Qxg4 Nf6 8. Qxf4 Bd6
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 6 | |
| 1500-1999 | 18 | |
| 2000+ | 5 | |
| All | 29 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 9. e5 | 18 (62%) | |
| 9. Bc4+ | 6 (21%) | |
| 9. Qf3 | 3 (10%) | |
| 9. Qe3 | 1 (3%) | |
| 9. Qf5 | 1 (3%) |
Master games
1 over-the-board game is classified under this line (White 0%, draw 100%, Black 0%). The strongest:
- Dilem Sahin (1279) – Buse Naz Kocyigit (1937) 1/2-1/2 · TCh-TUR 2nd League 2018 · 2018-07-17
Search all games of the King's Gambit Accepted: Allgaier, Horny Defense and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- MrArt (2140) – cold-storm (2102) 0-1 · 2026-09-03 · 300 + 0s
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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
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.