King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky Gambit, Brentano Defense (5. Ne5 d5)
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 d5
The King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky Gambit, Brentano 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 d5. It is a line of the King's Gambit Accepted. White is to move. 1 named line continues from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 38 times by this move order. White won 50%, 5% were drawn and Black won 45%. The most popular continuation is 6. Nxg4 (45% of games).
Engine evaluation: 0.00 (Stockfish, depth 32; best line 6. d4 Nf6 7. Bxf4 Nh5 8. Qd2 f6)
- ECO
- C39
- Moves
- 10 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 d5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 1 | |
| 1500-1999 | 27 | |
| 2000+ | 10 | |
| All | 38 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 6. Nxg4 | 17 (45%) | |
| 6. exd5 | 13 (34%) | |
| 6. d4 | 4 (11%) | |
| 6. d3 | 2 (5%) | |
| 6. Nxf7 | 1 (3%) | |
| 6. Nc3 | 1 (3%) |
Master games
7 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 71%, draw 0%, Black 29%). The strongest:
- GM Ian Nepomniachtchi (2773) – GM Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara (2598) 1-0 · Titled Tue 22nd Mar Early · 2022-03-22
- GM Ian Nepomniachtchi (2793) – IM Ernesto J. Fernandez Guillen (2454) 0-1 · Titled Tue 10th Jan Early · 2023-01-10
- FM Daniil Postnikov (2360) – IM Ernesto J. Fernandez Guillen (2462) 1-0 · Titled Tue 8th Nov Late · 2022-11-08
- IM Arad Nazari (2419) – FM Andrew Jiang (2250) 1-0 · Titled Tue 14th Jul 2026 · 2026-07-14
- Ventsislav Ninov (2293) – Aleksi Jovchev (2287) 1-0 · 63rd TCh-BUL GpB 2013 · 2013-09-20
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Janiszu (2039) – maksz (2139) 0-1 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
- Tomyvenegas80 (2067) – alisho (2059) 0-1 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 0s
- barkelfedro (1999) – chessking20252 (2094) 1-0 · 2026-09-06 · 600 + 0s
Comes from
King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky Gambit 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5
Continuations
- King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky Gambit, Brentano Defense (6… Nf6 7. Bxf4) C39 · 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 d5 6. d4 Nf6 7. Bxf4
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.