3.1K games from Lichess · Updated January 2026
At all ratings, the King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky Gambit, Anderssen Defense has a 46.6% expected score for White (we're 90% confident it's between 45.1% and 48.0%), based on 3.1K Lichess games.
Deep-dive datasets for this opening
Stable across ratings (~39%)
Best in Bullet (52%), worst in Classical (25%)
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 | — | — | |||
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| 1800-1999 | — | ||||
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| 2200-2499 | — | ||||
| 2500+ | — |
Expected score matrix by rating bracket and time control
The King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky Gambit, Anderssen Defense has a 45.2% (90% CI: 43.7%-46.6%) win rate for white, based on 3.1K rated games from Lichess.
The King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky Gambit, Anderssen Defense performs best at 2200-2499 Elo with a 51.2% win rate for white (560 games). Win rate tends to decline at higher ratings as opponents know the theory better.
Bullet (51.9%) outperforms Rapid (34.4%) by 17.5%. Choose your time control wisely.
The King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky Gambit, Anderssen Defense has a sharpness score of 97.2 (very decisive), meaning 97.2% of games end decisively. Average game length is 27 moves.
At 1400-1599 Elo, the King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky Gambit, Anderssen Defense has a 32.7% (90% CI: 26.5%-39.1%) win rate for white, based on 147 Lichess games. Average game length is 23 moves with a 2.4% draw rate.
At 1600-1799 Elo, the King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky Gambit, Anderssen Defense has a 39.5% (90% CI: 35.3%-43.8%) win rate for white, based on 349 Lichess games. Average game length is 23 moves with a 0.7% draw rate.
At 1800-1999 Elo, the King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky Gambit, Anderssen Defense has a 44.7% (90% CI: 41.9%-47.5%) win rate for white, based on 866 Lichess games. Average game length is 26 moves with a 2.1% draw rate.
At 2000-2199 Elo, the King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky Gambit, Anderssen Defense has a 45.8% (90% CI: 43.4%-48.2%) win rate for white, based on 1.2K Lichess games. Average game length is 29 moves with a 3.5% draw rate.
At 2200-2499 Elo, the King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky Gambit, Anderssen Defense has a 51.2% (90% CI: 47.7%-54.7%) win rate for white, based on 560 Lichess games. Average game length is 29 moves with a 3.5% draw rate.
In Bullet games, the King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky Gambit, Anderssen Defense has a 51.9% (90% CI: 48.7%-55.2%) win rate for white (635 Lichess games). Draw rate is 1.6%.
In Blitz games, the King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky Gambit, Anderssen Defense has a 45.9% (90% CI: 44.1%-47.7%) win rate for white (2.0K Lichess games). Draw rate is 3.2%.
In Rapid games, the King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky Gambit, Anderssen Defense has a 34.4% (90% CI: 30.9%-37.9%) win rate for white (486 Lichess games). Draw rate is 2.6%.
The King's Gambit Accepted: Kieseritzky Gambit, Anderssen Defense is slightly favors black with a 45.2% (90% CI: 43.7%-46.6%) 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.