Bishop's Opening: Khan Gambit
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 d5
The Bishop's Opening: Khan Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO C23, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 d5. It is a line of the Bishop's Opening. White is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 3,091 times by this move order. White won 54%, 4% were drawn and Black won 42%. The most popular continuation is 3. exd5 (66% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.74 (Stockfish, depth 44; best line 3. exd5 c6 4. dxc6 Nxc6 5. d3 Nf6)
- ECO
- C23
- Moves
- 4 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 d5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 2,214 | |
| 1500-1999 | 822 | |
| 2000+ | 55 | |
| All | 3,091 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 3. exd5 | 2,037 (66%) | |
| 3. Bxd5 | 710 (23%) | |
| 3. Bb3 | 95 (3%) | |
| 3. Bb5+ | 60 (2%) | |
| 3. Nf3 | 48 (2%) | |
| 3. Qf3 | 34 (1%) | |
| 3. d3 | 29 (1%) | |
| 3. Qh5 | 23 (1%) |
Master games
15 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 73%, draw 0%, Black 27%). The strongest:
- IM Oscar Gerardo Sanchez Enriquez (2324) – GM Narayanan S L (2622) 0-1 · Titled Tue 18th Feb Early · 2025-02-18
- FM Tibor Bodi (2305) – GM Daniel Fridman (2591) 1-0 · ch-HUN Blitz 2024 · 2024-07-19
- FM Mohamed Nouali (2137) – IM Eray Kilic (2452) 1-0 · Titled Tue 16th Jan Early · 2024-01-16
- FM Frank Buchenau (2178) – FM Yunus Emre Gunebakan (2313) 1-0 · 1st 3-0 Thu 17th Sep 2026 · 2026-09-17
- CM Rauf Kasimov (2232) – CM Volen Dyulgerov (2181) 0-1 · 1st 3-0 Thu 27th Aug 2026 · 2026-08-27
Search all games of the Bishop's Opening: Khan Gambit and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Nauxe (2467) – IM KamranShirazi (2435) 0-1 · 2026-09-07 · 180 + 0s
- Plieverst (2322) – training12345678 (2342) 1-0 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
- firstknight476 (2245) – Sko-Jropien (2249) 0-1 · 2026-09-01 · 300 + 0s
Comes from
Bishop's Opening 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4
More Bishop's Opening lines (all)
- 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: 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
- Bishop's Opening: Lopez Gambit C23
- Bishop's Opening: Lopez 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.