King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky Gambit, Rosenthal Defense
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Qe7
The King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky Gambit, Rosenthal 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 Qe7. 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 53 times by this move order. White won 45%, 4% were drawn and Black won 51%. The most popular continuation is 6. Nxg4 (49% of games).
Engine evaluation: −0.12 (Stockfish, depth 38; best line 6. d4 d6 7. Nxg4 Qxe4+ 8. Qe2 Qe7)
- ECO
- C39
- Moves
- 10 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Qe7
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 10 | |
| 1500-1999 | 33 | |
| 2000+ | 10 | |
| All | 53 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 6. Nxg4 | 26 (49%) | |
| 6. d4 | 25 (47%) | |
| 6. d3 | 1 (2%) | |
| 6. Qxg4 | 1 (2%) |
Master games
14 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 36%, draw 35%, Black 29%). The strongest:
- IM Arad Nazari (2425) – FM Artem Dyachuk (2308) 1-0 · Titled Tue 25th Mar Early · 2025-03-25
- Vilmos Balint (2248) – IM Erik Kislik (2381) 0-1 · FSIM October 2013 · 2013-10-05
- Petr Ralis (2199) – FM Milan Chovan (2331) 1/2-1/2 · 29th Czech Open A 2018 · 2018-07-25
- Santul Kosmo (2244) – FM Mika Ebeling (2215) 1/2-1/2 · TCh-FIN 2026-27 · 2026-09-12
- Holger Scherer (2076) – Stefan, Dr. Egle (2214) 1/2-1/2 · 27th Schwarzacher Open · 2012-08-22
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Dkiso (2223) – cktezem (2301) 0-1 · 2026-09-04 · 600 + 0s
- AnnSolomon (2218) – blankka (2289) 0-1 · 2026-09-05 · 600 + 5s
- folle76 (2193) – SinRostro (2310) 0-1 · 2026-09-05 · 300 + 3s
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, Salvio Defense, Cozio Variation C39 · 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Qe7 6. d4 f5 7. Bc4
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.