King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky, Long Whip Defense, Jaenisch Variation
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 h5 6. Bc4 Rh7 7. d4 Bh6 8. Nc3
The King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky, Long Whip Defense, Jaenisch Variation 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 6. Bc4 Rh7 7. d4 Bh6 8. Nc3. It is a line of the King's Gambit Accepted. Black is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 6 times by this move order. White won 67%, 0% were drawn and Black won 33%. The most popular continuation is 8… d6 (50% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.70 (Stockfish, depth 30; best line 8… d6 9. Bxf7+ Rxf7 10. Nxf7 Kxf7 11. Bxf4)
- ECO
- C39
- Moves
- 15 plies
- FEN
rnbqk1n1/pppp1p1r/7b/4N2p/2BPPppP/2N5/PPP3P1/R1BQK2R b KQq - 2 8- PGN
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 h5 6. Bc4 Rh7 7. d4 Bh6 8. Nc3
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 1500-1999 | 4 | |
| 2000+ | 2 | |
| All | 6 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 8… d6 | 3 (50%) | |
| 8… c6 | 2 (33%) | |
| 8… Nf6 | 1 (17%) |
Master games
1 over-the-board game is classified under this line (White 0%, draw 100%, Black 0%). The strongest:
- Matous Sikora (1661) – Tomas Chromik (1939) 1/2-1/2 · Orlova Open A 2014 · 2014-05-29
Highest-rated Lichess games
- avirod (2165) – AlketBushi (2143) 1-0 · 2026-09-05 · 300 + 0s
- ssb (2013) – CarlosERestrepo (2114) 1-0 · 2026-09-02 · 600 + 0s
- SerhioRamas (1854) – wawan25wg (1907) 0-1 · 2026-09-04 · 300 + 0s
Comes from
King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky Gambit, Long Whip 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 h5
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.