King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky Gambit, Anderssen Defense
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Nf6 6. Bc4 d5 7. exd5 Bd6
The King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky Gambit, Anderssen Defense is a chess opening classified as ECO C39, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Nf6 6. Bc4 d5 7. exd5 Bd6. It is a line of the King's Gambit Accepted. White is to move. 2 named lines continue from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 31 times by this move order. White won 35%, 0% were drawn and Black won 65%. The most popular continuation is 8. d4 (84% of games).
Engine evaluation: −0.61 (Stockfish, depth 36; best line 8. d4 Nh5 9. O-O O-O 10. Rxf4 Qxh4)
- ECO
- C39
- Moves
- 14 plies
- FEN
rnbqk2r/ppp2p1p/3b1n2/3PN3/2B2ppP/8/PPPP2P1/RNBQK2R w KQkq - 1 8- PGN
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Nf6 6. Bc4 d5 7. exd5 Bd6
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 1 | |
| 1500-1999 | 17 | |
| 2000+ | 13 | |
| All | 31 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 8. d4 | 26 (84%) | |
| 8. Bb5+ | 2 (6%) | |
| 8. Qe2 | 1 (3%) | |
| 8. Nxf7 | 1 (3%) | |
| 8. Nd3 | 1 (3%) |
Master games
11 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 55%, draw 9%, Black 36%). The strongest:
- GM Emanuel Berg (2553) – GM Nils Grandelius (2623) 1-0 · ch-SWE 2015 · 2015-07-19
- IM Emmanuel Senador (2353) – GM Rogelio Barcenilla (2501) 0-1 · ch-PHI Grand Final 2012 · 2012-07-16
- IM Johan Furhoff (2324) – FM Hampus Sorensen (2400) 1-0 · ch-SWE Master Elite 2021 · 2021-07-09
- FM Viktor Poddubnyi (2304) – FM Timofey Smirnov (2368) 1-0 · Titled Tue 13th Feb Early · 2024-02-13
- Mehmet Erdem Kayar (2003) – FM Radosav Petkovic (2260) 0-1 · Zanosh 2 IM 2013 · 2013-10-27
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Ankar13 (2243) – eunlin2 (2346) 0-1 · 2026-09-03 · 300 + 0s
- donlulas_23 (2153) – StaffanPimp (2253) 0-1 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 0s
- bass1982 (2123) – jakobf321 (2240) 1-0 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky Gambit, Berlin Defense 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Nf6
Continuations
- King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky, Rice Gambit C39 · 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Nf6 6. Bc4 d5 7. exd5 Bd6 8. O-O
- King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky Gambit, Anderssen-Cordel Gambit C39 · 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Nf6 6. Bc4 d5 7. exd5 Bd6 8. d4 Nh5 9. Bxf4 Nxf4
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.