497 games from Lichess · Updated January 2026
At all ratings, the King's Gambit Accepted: Allgaier, Blackburne Gambit has a 58.7% expected score for White (we're 90% confident it's between 55.0% and 62.3%), based on 497 Lichess games.
Deep-dive datasets for this opening
Stable across ratings (~60%)
Best in Bullet (61%), worst in Classical (14%)
Click any cell to filter. Green = above 50%, Red = below 50%.
| Rating | UB | Bulle | Blitz | Rapid | Class |
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| 0-999 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1000-1199 | — | — | — | — | |
| 1200-1399 | — | — | |||
| 1400-1599 | — | — | — | ||
| 1600-1799 | — | — | |||
| 1800-1999 | — | — | |||
| 2000-2199 | — | ||||
| 2200-2499 | — | — | |||
| 2500+ | — | — | — |
Expected score matrix by rating bracket and time control
The King's Gambit Accepted: Allgaier, Blackburne Gambit has a 57.5% (90% CI: 53.8%-61.1%) win rate for white, based on 497 rated games from Lichess.
The King's Gambit Accepted: Allgaier, Blackburne Gambit performs best at 2200-2499 Elo with a 63.0% win rate for white (112 games). Win rate tends to decline at higher ratings as opponents know the theory better.
Bullet (60.9%) outperforms Rapid (59.7%) by 1.2%. Choose your time control wisely.
The King's Gambit Accepted: Allgaier, Blackburne Gambit has a sharpness score of 97.7 (very decisive), meaning 97.7% of games end decisively. Average game length is 27 moves.
At 1800-1999 Elo, the King's Gambit Accepted: Allgaier, Blackburne Gambit has a 57.3% (90% CI: 51.5%-63.1%) win rate for white, based on 193 Lichess games. Average game length is 28 moves with a 0.3% draw rate.
At 2000-2199 Elo, the King's Gambit Accepted: Allgaier, Blackburne Gambit has a 49.8% (90% CI: 42.6%-57.0%) win rate for white, based on 128 Lichess games. Average game length is 28 moves with a 5.0% draw rate.
At 2200-2499 Elo, the King's Gambit Accepted: Allgaier, Blackburne Gambit has a 63.0% (90% CI: 55.4%-70.3%) win rate for white, based on 112 Lichess games. Average game length is 27 moves with a 4.0% draw rate.
In Bullet games, the King's Gambit Accepted: Allgaier, Blackburne Gambit has a 60.9% (90% CI: 53.2%-68.3%) win rate for white (111 Lichess games). Draw rate is 3.1%.
In Blitz games, the King's Gambit Accepted: Allgaier, Blackburne Gambit has a 56.0% (90% CI: 51.4%-60.5%) win rate for white (321 Lichess games). Draw rate is 1.7%.
The King's Gambit Accepted: Allgaier, Blackburne Gambit is statistically favors white with a 57.5% (90% CI: 53.8%-61.1%) win rate across all ratings. It performs best at 2200-2499 Elo. Your results depend on your rating, time control, and how well you know the typical plans.