King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky Gambit, Long Whip
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 h5
The King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky Gambit, Long Whip is a chess opening classified as ECO C39, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 h5. 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 595 times by this move order. White won 54%, 3% were drawn and Black won 43%. The most popular continuation is 6. Bc4 (70% of games).
Engine evaluation: 0.00 (Stockfish, depth 50; best line 6. Bc4 Nh6 7. d4 d6 8. Nd3 f3)
- ECO
- C39
- Moves
- 10 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 h5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 20 | |
| 1500-1999 | 418 | |
| 2000+ | 157 | |
| All | 595 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 6. Bc4 | 417 (70%) | |
| 6. d4 | 167 (28%) | |
| 6. Nxg4 | 5 (1%) | |
| 6. d3 | 3 (1%) | |
| 6. Nc3 | 2 (0%) | |
| 6. Nxf7 | 1 (0%) |
Master games
33 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 67%, draw 15%, Black 18%). The strongest:
- GM Ian Nepomniachtchi (2753) – IM Anna M. Sargsyan (2357) 1-0 · Titled Tue 11th Mar Late · 2025-03-11
- GM Alexei Gavrilov (2452) – FM Jan Vokoun (2160) 1-0 · Czech Open G1 Rapid 2013 · 2013-07-17
- IM Akram Khoder (2288) – FM Maksym Pankiv (2296) 1/2-1/2 · Titled Tue 6th Jan 2026 · 2026-01-06
- GM Vugar Rasulov (2483) – Muhittin Buker (2100) 1-0 · 21st Troya Open 2013 · 2013-08-18
- FM Viktor Poddubnyi (2304) – Evan Ai (2188) 1-0 · Titled Tue 6th Feb Late · 2024-02-06
Search all games of the King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky Gambit, Long Whip and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Shustrick (2384) – eddydaddy (2385) 1-0 · 2026-09-07 · 300 + 0s
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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, Long Whip Defense, Jaenisch Variation C39 · 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 h5 6. Bc4 Rh7 7. d4 Bh6 8. Nc3
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.