Bishop's Opening: Boden-Kieseritzky Gambit
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Nc3
The Bishop's Opening: Boden-Kieseritzky Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO C27, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Nc3. It is a line of the Bishop's Opening. Black is to move. 1 named line continues from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 701 times by this move order. White won 56%, 4% were drawn and Black won 40%. The most popular continuation is 4… Nxc3 (65% of games).
Engine evaluation: −0.54 (Stockfish, depth 42; best line 4… Nxc3 5. dxc3 f6 6. O-O Nc6 7. b4)
- ECO
- C27
- Moves
- 7 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Nc3
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 176 | |
| 1500-1999 | 330 | |
| 2000+ | 195 | |
| All | 701 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 4… Nxc3 | 457 (65%) | |
| 4… Nf6 | 79 (11%) | |
| 4… Nd6 | 61 (9%) | |
| 4… d5 Boden-Kieseritzky Gambit, Lichtenhein Defense | 37 (5%) | |
| 4… Nc6 | 29 (4%) | |
| 4… Nxf2 | 14 (2%) | |
| 4… Bc5 | 7 (1%) | |
| 4… f5 | 5 (1%) |
Master games
189 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 45%, draw 13%, Black 42%). The strongest:
- IM Mahel Boyer (2531) – GM M. Amin Tabatabaei (2668) 0-1 · Titled Tue 14th Jan Early · 2025-01-14
- GM Cem Kaan Gokerkan (2490) – GM Bogdan-Daniel Deac (2683) 1-0 · Abu Dhabi Masters Online · 2024-08-21
- IM Maximilian Berchtenbreiter (2488) – GM Evgeny Bareev (2638) 1-0 · PRO League Group Stage · 2020-01-27
- IM Cem Kaan Gokerkan (2486) – GM Jose Eduardo Martinez Alcantara (2607) 1-0 · Titled Tue 21st Feb Late · 2023-02-21
- IM Cem Kaan Gokerkan (2470) – GM David Paravyan (2586) 0-1 · Titled Tue 1st Nov Late · 2022-11-01
Search all games of the Bishop's Opening: Boden-Kieseritzky Gambit and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Papolabestia123 (2574) – Sagitario999 (2559) 0-1 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
- ShadowNinja7i (2652) – FM Commissaire-Maigret (2454) 0-1 · 2026-09-03 · 600 + 0s
- Supertimurchess (2437) – alizem2013 (2524) 0-1 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Petrov's Defense: Italian Variation 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bc4
Continuations
- Bishop's Opening: Boden-Kieseritzky Gambit, Lichtenhein Defense C27 · 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Nc3 d5
More Bishop's Opening lines (all)
- Bishop's Opening C23
- Bishop's Opening: Anderssen Gambit C23
- Bishop's Opening: Boi Variation C23
- Bishop's Opening: Calabrese Countergambit C23
- Bishop's Opening: Calabrese Countergambit, Jaenisch Variation C23
- Bishop's Opening: Four Pawns Gambit C23
- Bishop's Opening: Khan Gambit C23
- Bishop's Opening: Lewis Countergambit (3. c3 d5) C23
- Bishop's Opening: Lewis Countergambit (4. Bxd5 Nf6) C23
- Bishop's Opening: Lewis Countergambit, Walker Variation C23
- Bishop's Opening: Lewis Gambit C23
- Bishop's Opening: Lisitsyn Variation C23
Opening names and moves from the Lichess openings dataset; statistics from the Lichess open database, 2026-09 (CC0), sample of 12.6 million games, bots excluded; evaluations from Lichess cloud analysis (all CC0). Master games from The Week in Chess #920–#1664 by Mark Crowther, used with permission.