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: Kieseritzky Gambit › Kolisch Defense
King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky Gambit, Kolisch Defense
Overview
King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky Gambit, Kolisch 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. Ne5 d6.
The line refines King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky 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
135,973 games · White 47.8% / Draw 3.8% / Black 48.4%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| Nxg4 | 129,824 | |
| Nxf7 | 3,762 | |
| Nd3 | 1,488 | |
| Nc4 | 810 | |
| Bc4 | 36 | |
| Bb5+ | 20 | |
| d4 | 16 | |
| Qxg4 | 8 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 02:16:45
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