King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky Gambit, Berlin Defense, de Riviere Variation
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Nf6 6. Nxg4 d5
The King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky Gambit, Berlin Defense, de Riviere Variation 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. Nxg4 d5. 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 5 times by this move order. White won 20%, 20% were drawn and Black won 60%. The most popular continuation is 7. Nxf6+ (100% of games).
Engine evaluation: 0.00 (Stockfish, depth 37; best line 7. Nxf6+ Qxf6 8. Nc3 Qg7 9. Qf3 Bg4)
- ECO
- C39
- Moves
- 12 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Nf6 6. Nxg4 d5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 1500-1999 | 3 | |
| 2000+ | 2 | |
| All | 5 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 7. Nxf6+ | 5 (100%) |
Master games
2 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 50%, draw 50%, Black 0%). The strongest:
- GM Klementy Sychev (2537) – FM Oleksii Bilych (2364) 1-0 · Titled Tue 10th May Early · 2022-05-10
- Hugo Legrand (2045) – Sebastian Mueer (2206) 1/2-1/2 · 24th Prague Open 2026 · 2026-01-13
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Alexanderlein (2326) – Saillok (2434) 0-1 · 2026-09-07 · 180 + 2s
- dedel (1998) – Farder (2052) 0-1 · 2026-09-06 · 300 + 0s
- Anatol65 (1922) – Gigianrayy (1838) 1-0 · 2026-09-02 · 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
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.