King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky Gambit, Paulsen Defense
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Bg7
The King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky Gambit, Paulsen 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 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 10 times by this move order. White won 50%, 10% were drawn and Black won 40%. The most popular continuation is 6. Nxg4 (90% of games).
Engine evaluation: 0.00 (Stockfish, depth 32; best line 6. d4 d6 7. Nxg4 Nc6 8. Bxf4 Nxd4)
- ECO
- C39
- Moves
- 10 plies
- FEN
rnbqk1nr/pppp1pbp/8/4N3/4PppP/8/PPPP2P1/RNBQKB1R w KQkq - 2 6- PGN
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Bg7
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 2 | |
| 1500-1999 | 8 | |
| All | 10 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 6. Nxg4 | 9 (90%) | |
| 6. d4 | 1 (10%) |
Highest-rated Lichess games
- PV76 (1873) – peppermanzc (1918) 1-0 · 2026-09-03 · 600 + 0s
- praha412 (1746) – Dartpaller (1774) 1-0 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 2s
- mk815 (1787) – cesar2325 (1694) 1-0 · 2026-09-01 · 600 + 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)
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- 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.