King's Gambit Accepted: Allgaier, Urusov Attack

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

King's Gambit Accepted: Allgaier, Urusov Attack after 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 87654321abcdefgh

The King's Gambit Accepted: Allgaier, 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+ d5 8. Bxd5+ Kg7 9. d4. 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 50%, 25% were drawn and Black won 25%. The most popular continuation is 9… Nf6 (50% of games).

Engine evaluation: −1.85 (Stockfish, depth 30; best line 9… Bd6 10. Nc3 Ne7 11. e5 Bb4 12. Be4)

ECO
C39
Moves
17 plies
FEN
rnbq1bnr/ppp3k1/7p/3B4/3PPppP/8/PPP3P1/RNBQK2R b KQ - 0 9
PGN
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

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Results by rating

Average ratingGamesWhite / draw / Black
1500-1999250%50%
2000+250%50%
All450%25%25%

Most played moves

MoveGamesWhite / draw / Black
9… Nf62 (50%)50%50%
9… Qf61 (25%)100%
9… c61 (25%)100%

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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+

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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.