Bishop's Opening: McDonnell Gambit, McDonnell Double Gambit
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. b4 Bxb4 4. f4
The Bishop's Opening: McDonnell Gambit, McDonnell Double Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO C23, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. b4 Bxb4 4. f4. It is a line of the Bishop's Opening. Black is to move. 1 named line continues from this position.
This exact move order didn't appear in our sample of 12.6 million Lichess games: it's a rare line.
Engine evaluation: −1.24 (Stockfish, depth 30; best line 4… exf4 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. c3 d5 7. Bxd5)
- ECO
- C23
- Moves
- 7 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. b4 Bxb4 4. f4
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Comes from
Bishop's Opening: McDonnell Gambit 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. b4
Continuations
- Bishop's Opening: Four Pawns Gambit C23 · 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. b4 Bxb4 4. f4 exf4 5. Nf3 Be7 6. d4 Bh4+ 7. g3 fxg3 8. O-O gxh2+ 9. Kh1
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: 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
- Bishop's Opening: Lopez Gambit 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.