King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky Gambit, Paulsen Defense Deferred
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Nf6 6. Bc4 d5 7. exd5 Bg7
The King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky Gambit, Paulsen Defense Deferred is a chess opening classified as ECO C39, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Nf6 6. Bc4 d5 7. exd5 Bg7. 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 2 times by this move order. White won 0%, 0% were drawn and Black won 100%. The most popular continuation is 8. Nxf7 (50% of games).
Engine evaluation: −0.39 (Stockfish, depth 40; best line 8. d4 Nh5 9. O-O O-O 10. Nxg4 Qxh4)
- ECO
- C39
- Moves
- 14 plies
- FEN
rnbqk2r/ppp2pbp/5n2/3PN3/2B2ppP/8/PPPP2P1/RNBQK2R w KQkq - 1 8- PGN
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Nf6 6. Bc4 d5 7. exd5 Bg7
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 1 | |
| 1500-1999 | 1 | |
| All | 2 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 8. Nxf7 | 1 (50%) | |
| 8. d6 | 1 (50%) |
Master games
1 over-the-board game is classified under this line (White 0%, draw 0%, Black 100%). The strongest:
- Gert Cant (1626) – Frans Vreugdenhil (2008) 0-1 · Geraardsbergen Open 2013 · 2013-08-10
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Alexanderviking (1428) – dima110577 (2208) 0-1 · 2026-09-02 · 900 + 10s
- ADIMNE (1517) – Whincenz1 (1443) 0-1 · 2026-09-01 · 900 + 10s
Comes from
King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky Gambit, Berlin Defense 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Nf6
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.