Kieseritzky
King's Gambit · C39 · you play White. 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5 Nf6
About the Kieseritzky
The Kieseritzky Gambit, 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5, is the main line of the King's Gambit Accepted. White's knight on e5 eyes f7 and g4, and after d4 and Nd3 White wins the f4 pawn back with Bxf4 while Black's kingside is weakened. Spassky and Bronstein played it with style.
As White you reach the Kieseritzky after 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4. It belongs to the King's Gambit (C39), which has 4 lines on this site. You study the moves first and then play them against the computer; every wrong move gets a short explanation. After the opening, the page shows the typical middlegame plans, the endgames that often follow and grandmaster games with the Kieseritzky. Use it to build your set of lines to play with White, and test what you remember with speed training or the random-position drill.