King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky Gambit, Brentano Defense, Caro Variation

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 d5 6. d4 Nf6 7. Bxf4 Nxe4 8. Nd2

The King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky Gambit, Brentano Defense, Caro 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 d5 6. d4 Nf6 7. Bxf4 Nxe4 8. Nd2. It is a line of the King's Gambit Accepted. Black is to move.

This exact move order didn't appear in our sample of 12.6 million Lichess games: it's a rare line.

Engine evaluation: +0.68 (Stockfish, depth 29; best line 8… Nd6 9. Qe2 Qe7 10. O-O-O Be6 11. Nxg4)

ECO: C39
Moves: 15 plies
FEN: rnbqkb1r/ppp2p1p/8/3pN3/3PnBpP/8/PPPN2P1/R2QKB1R b KQkq - 1 8
PGN: 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 d5 6. d4 Nf6 7. Bxf4 Nxe4 8. Nd2

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Master games

1 over-the-board game is classified under this line (White 100%, draw 0%, Black 0%). The strongest:

IM Arad Nazari (2370) – CM Stephen Willy (2046) 1-0 · Titled Tue 9th Apr Late · 2024-04-09

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King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky Gambit, Brentano Defense (6… Nf6 7. Bxf4) 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 d5 6. d4 Nf6 7. Bxf4

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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.