Bishop's Opening: Warsaw Gambit
1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3
The Bishop's Opening: Warsaw Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO C24, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3. 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 93 times by this move order. White won 61%, 2% were drawn and Black won 37%. The most popular continuation is 4… dxc3 (54% of games).
Engine evaluation: −1.21 (Stockfish, depth 32; best line 4… Nxe4 5. Qxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 Nc6 7. Bxf6)
- ECO
- C24
- Moves
- 7 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4 exd4 4. c3
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 50 | |
| 1500-1999 | 42 | |
| 2000+ | 1 | |
| All | 93 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 4… dxc3 | 50 (54%) | |
| 4… Nxe4 | 10 (11%) | |
| 4… d6 | 10 (11%) | |
| 4… Nc6 | 6 (6%) | |
| 4… d5 | 6 (6%) | |
| 4… Be7 | 5 (5%) | |
| 4… c5 | 3 (3%) | |
| 4… Qe7 | 2 (2%) |
Master games
1 over-the-board game is classified under this line (White 0%, draw 0%, Black 100%). The strongest:
- Tomasz Kozlowski (1884) – Wojciech Reza (2265) 0-1 · 23rd Poznan Open 2015 · 2015-08-13
Search all games of the Bishop's Opening: Warsaw Gambit and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- pawnbot7 (2129) – bfenix (2247) 1-0 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 2s
- diekejuul (1902) – Lew_Serov (2006) 1/2-1/2 · 2026-09-07 · 600 + 0s
- pbwalya (2111) – misheckchilufya (1773) 1-0 · 2026-09-07 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Bishop's Opening: Ponziani Gambit 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d4
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.