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: Kieseritzky Gambit, Cotter Gambit
- 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
- King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky Gambit, Cotter Gambit C39 you are here
King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky Gambit, Cotter Gambit
Overview
King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky Gambit, Cotter Gambit is a sacrificial opening line filed under ECO C39 in the Open Games group. The defining idea is the early concession of material to seize the initiative and unbalance the position.
The Open Games group covers open games — classical 1.e4 e5 openings where both sides contest the centre directly with pawns.
It is reached after 11 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ng5 h6 6. Nxf7.
In the opening tree, this line branches off from King's Gambit Accepted: Allgaier Gambit, part of the broader King's Pawn Game system.
4 named variations grow from this line, including King's Gambit Accepted: Allgaier Gambit, Thorold Attack, King's Gambit Accepted: Allgaier Gambit, Urusov Attack, King's Gambit Accepted: Allgaier, Blackburne Gambit, and others.
In total, the branch covers 6 sub-variations across all depths.
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- ECO code
- C39
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 11
- Direct variations
- 4
- Total in subtree
- 6
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Variations (4)
Show all 6 sub-variations (full subtree)
- C39 King's Gambit Accepted: Allgaier Gambit, Thorold Attack 13-ply
- C39 King's Gambit Accepted: Allgaier Gambit, Urusov Attack 13-ply
- C39 King's Gambit Accepted: Allgaier, Blackburne Gambit 13-ply
- C39 King's Gambit Accepted: Allgaier, Horny Defense 16-ply
- C39 King's Gambit Accepted: Allgaier, Cook Variation 19-ply
- C39 King's Gambit Accepted: Allgaier, Urusov Attack 17-ply