Kieseritzky Gambit

In chess, the Kieseritzky Gambit is an opening line in the King's Gambit It begins with the moves:

1. e4 e5
2. f4 exf4
3. Nf3 g5
4. h4 g4
5. Ne5
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Moves1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5
ECOC39
OriginManuscript by Giulio Cesare Polerio, 1590
Named afterLionel Kieseritzky (1805-1853)
ParentKing's Gambit

White reacts to Black's attempt to hold the sacrificed pawn by 3...g5 by immediately undermining the pawn chain. It is one of the main lines of the King's Gambit after 3...g5, and its overall assessment is still unclear but approximately equal. The Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings classifies the Kieseritzky Gambit under code C39. C39 is also the code for the Allgaier Gambit, in which White plays 5.Ng5?!, sacrificing the knight for an attack after 5...h6 6.Nxf7 Kxf7. The Allgaier Gambit is considered dubious by modern theory.

History

The opening now known as the Kieseritzky Gambit was first described by Polerio in the late 16th century; it was also analyzed by Salvio (1604) and Philidor (1749).[1] Greco also included a game with this opening in his 1620 collection.[2] In the first edition of the Handbuch in 1843, 5.Ne5 was considered under the heading of the Allgaier Gambit, but the editors noted that Kieseritzky had contributed significantly to the theory of 5.Ne5, which they advocated as superior to 5.Ng5. The corresponding chapter in the second edition of the Handbuch in 1852 was headed "Allgaier and Kieseritzky's Gambit". Subsequently the name Kieseritzky Gambit came into general use for 5.Ne5.

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See also

Notes

    References
    1. Hooper, David; Whyld, Kenneth (1996) [First pub. 1992]. "Kieseritzky Gambit". The Oxford Companion to Chess (2nd ed.). Oxford University Press. p. 200. ISBN 0-19-280049-3.
    2. "Greco vs. NN, 1620". Chessgames.com.

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