King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky Gambit, Kolisch Defense
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 d6
The King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky Gambit, Kolisch 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 d6. 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 444 times by this move order. White won 43%, 5% were drawn and Black won 52%. The most popular continuation is 6. Nxg4 (93% of games).
Engine evaluation: −0.30 (Stockfish, depth 47; best line 6. Nxg4 Be7 7. Nf2 Bxh4 8. d4 Bg3)
- ECO
- C39
- Moves
- 10 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 d6
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 52 | |
| 1500-1999 | 313 | |
| 2000+ | 79 | |
| All | 444 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 6. Nxg4 | 415 (93%) | |
| 6. Nxf7 | 17 (4%) | |
| 6. Nd3 | 10 (2%) | |
| 6. Nc4 | 2 (0%) |
Master games
57 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 28%, draw 16%, Black 56%). The strongest:
- GM Hikaru Nakamura (2775) – GM Magnus Carlsen (2853) 0-1 · 11th Norway Armageddon · 2023-06-01
- GM Ian Nepomniachtchi (2771) – GM Magnus Carlsen (2839) 0-1 · chess.com SpeedChess 2023 · 2023-09-15
- GM Ian Nepomniachtchi (2767) – GM Jingyao Tin (2575) 1-0 · FIDE World Bl Team Pool A · 2024-08-05
- GM Ian Nepomniachtchi (2779) – IM Khazar Babazada (2460) 1-0 · Titled Tue 6th Jun Early · 2023-06-06
- GM Marc Narciso Dublan (2517) – GM Ray Robson (2670) 0-1 · Chess24 Banter Blitz Cup · 2019-10-01
Highest-rated Lichess games
- GM second_life (2537) – danylo03 (2612) 0-1 · 2026-09-07 · 180 + 2s
- Greifax (2516) – RomanovRG (2397) 1-0 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 0s
- Greifax (2506) – Drmcyara2009 (2363) 1-0 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky Gambit 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5
More King's Gambit Accepted lines (all)
- King's Gambit Accepted C33
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- 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.