King's Gambit Accepted: Schallopp Defense, Tashkent Attack

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Nh5 5. g4

King's Gambit Accepted: Schallopp Defense, Tashkent Attack after 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Nh5 5. g4 87654321abcdefgh

The King's Gambit Accepted: Schallopp Defense, Tashkent Attack is a chess opening classified as ECO C34, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Nh5 5. g4. 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 2 times by this move order. White won 0%, 0% were drawn and Black won 100%. The most popular continuation is 5… fxg3 (100% of games).

Engine evaluation: −0.95 (Stockfish, depth 33; best line 5… fxg3 6. d4 d5 7. Nc3 Bg4 8. h3)

ECO
C34
Moves
9 plies
FEN
rnbqkb1r/pppp1ppp/8/4P2n/5pP1/5N2/PPPP3P/RNBQKB1R b KQkq g3 0 5
PGN
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Nh5 5. g4

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Results by rating

Average ratingGamesWhite / draw / Black
1500-19992100%
All2100%

Most played moves

MoveGamesWhite / draw / Black
5… fxg32 (100%)100%

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King's Gambit Accepted: Schallopp Defense 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nf6

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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.