Bishop's Opening: Urusov Gambit, Keidansky Gambit
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qxd4
The Bishop's Opening: Urusov Gambit, Keidansky Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO C43, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qxd4. It is a line of the Bishop's Opening. Black is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 337 times by this move order. White won 58%, 5% were drawn and Black won 37%. The most popular continuation is 5… Nf6 (54% of games).
Engine evaluation: 0.00 (Stockfish, depth 50; best line 5… Nf6 6. Nc3 c6 7. Bg5 d5 8. O-O-O)
- ECO
- C43
- Moves
- 9 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. Qxd4
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 78 | |
| 1500-1999 | 179 | |
| 2000+ | 80 | |
| All | 337 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5… Nf6 | 181 (54%) | |
| 5… Nd6 | 64 (19%) | |
| 5… Qe7 | 54 (16%) | |
| 5… d5 | 19 (6%) | |
| 5… Nc5 | 5 (1%) | |
| 5… Bb4+ | 4 (1%) | |
| 5… Nxf2 | 3 (1%) | |
| 5… f5 | 2 (1%) |
Master games
60 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 38%, draw 22%, Black 40%). The strongest:
- Stoofvlees II d9 (3541) – Reckless 0.10.0-dev-9057bc13 (3749) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 29 Gambit Bonus 2026 · 2026-05-30
- Reckless 0.10.0-dev-9057bc13 (3749) – Stoofvlees II d9 (3541) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 29 Gambit Bonus 2026 · 2026-05-30
- FM Petros Trimitzios (2353) – GM Pavel Eljanov (2672) 1/2-1/2 · Titled Tuesday 20th Oct · 2020-10-20
- IM Ruifeng Li (2535) – IM Awonder Liang (2430) 1/2-1/2 · ch-USA Junior 2016 · 2016-07-16
- FM Artur Dilmukhametov (2276) – GM David Paravyan (2601) 1-0 · Titled Tue 30th May Early · 2023-05-30
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Highest-rated Lichess games
- Ma-Tei (2474) – abmcdonald (2482) 0-1 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
- saa04 (2483) – swynwr (2470) 1-0 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 0s
- relka08 (2404) – FM Sonics1962 (2367) 0-1 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Bishop's Opening: Urusov Gambit 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nf3
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.