Tree path 8 levels King's Pawn Game › King's Gambit › King's Gambit Accepted › King's Knight's Gambit › King's Gambit Accepted: King's Knight's Gambit › King's Gambit Accepted: King's Knight's Gambit › King's Gambit Accepted: Allgaier Gambit › King's Gambit Accepted: Allgaier, Schlechter Defense
- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game C20
- King's Gambit C30
- King's Gambit Accepted C33
- King's Knight's Gambit C34
- King's Gambit Accepted: King's Knight's Gambit C34
- King's Gambit Accepted: King's Knight's Gambit C39
- King's Gambit Accepted: Allgaier Gambit C39
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King's Gambit Accepted: Allgaier, Schlechter Defense
Overview
King's Gambit Accepted: Allgaier, Schlechter Defense belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO C39, Open Games). It trades material for attacking chances — a classic trade-off that has fascinated players from the Romantic era to modern correspondence chess.
The Open Games group covers open games — classical 1.e4 e5 openings where both sides contest the centre directly with pawns.
The line arises from 10 plies — specifically the moves 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ng5 Nf6.
The line refines King's Gambit Accepted: Allgaier Gambit, which traces back to the root opening King's Pawn Game.
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- ECO code
- C39
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 10
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Statistics from Lichess
7,722 games · White 43.2% / Draw 2.6% / Black 54.2%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| Bc4 | 3,623 | |
| e5 | 2,861 | |
| d4 | 471 | |
| Nc3 | 382 | |
| Nxf7 | 203 | |
| d3 | 157 | |
| Be2 | 9 | |
| Qxg4 | 6 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 02:16:36
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