King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky Gambit, Cotter Gambit
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ng5 h6 6. Nxf7
The King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky Gambit, Cotter Gambit 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. It is a line of the King's Gambit Accepted. Black is to move. 4 named lines continue from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 306 times by this move order. White won 50%, 2% were drawn and Black won 48%. The most popular continuation is 6… Kxf7 (100% of games).
Engine evaluation: −1.30 (Stockfish, depth 34; best line 6… Kxf7 7. Nc3 d5 8. Nxd5 Nf6 9. Nxf4)
- ECO
- C39
- Moves
- 11 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ng5 h6 6. Nxf7
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 32 | |
| 1500-1999 | 212 | |
| 2000+ | 62 | |
| All | 306 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 6… Kxf7 | 305 (100%) | |
| 6… Bg7 | 1 (0%) |
Master games
1 over-the-board game is classified under this line (White 0%, draw 0%, Black 100%). The strongest:
- Tomas Reichel (1958) – Sidney Panjer (2090) 0-1 · 34th Czech Rapid G1 2023 · 2023-07-19
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Paul77A (2339) – IM Andr123321 (2411) 0-1 · 2026-09-07 · 180 + 0s
- Consulter (2290) – Volkov_Sergey (2276) 0-1 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 0s
- nenson (2245) – Vazulka (2310) 1-0 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
King's Gambit Accepted: Allgaier Gambit 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ng5
Continuations
- King's Gambit Accepted: Allgaier Gambit, Thorold Attack C39 · 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ng5 h6 6. Nxf7 Kxf7 7. d4
- King's Gambit Accepted: Allgaier Gambit, Urusov Attack C39 · 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ng5 h6 6. Nxf7 Kxf7 7. Bc4+
- King's Gambit Accepted: Allgaier, Blackburne Gambit C39 · 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ng5 h6 6. Nxf7 Kxf7 7. Nc3
- King's Gambit Accepted: Allgaier, Horny Defense C39 · 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ng5 h6 6. Nxf7 Kxf7 7. Qxg4 Nf6 8. Qxf4 Bd6
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.