King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Anderssen Defense
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 g5
The King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Anderssen Defense is a chess opening classified as ECO C33, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 g5. It is a line of the King's Gambit Accepted. White is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 417 times by this move order. White won 55%, 2% were drawn and Black won 43%. The most popular continuation is 4. Nf3 (36% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.21 (Stockfish, depth 44; best line 4. h4 d6 5. Nf3 h6 6. hxg5 Bg7)
- ECO
- C33
- Moves
- 6 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 g5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 52 | |
| 1500-1999 | 263 | |
| 2000+ | 102 | |
| All | 417 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 4. Nf3 | 149 (36%) | |
| 4. h4 | 134 (32%) | |
| 4. d4 | 63 (15%) | |
| 4. Qh5 | 30 (7%) | |
| 4. Nc3 | 13 (3%) | |
| 4. d3 | 9 (2%) | |
| 4. Bxf7+ | 7 (2%) | |
| 4. h3 | 4 (1%) |
Master games
14 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 57%, draw 0%, Black 43%). The strongest:
- IM Ernesto J. Fernandez Guillen (2462) – FM Nicolai Kistrup (2337) 1-0 · 4th elllobregat Open 2023 · 2023-12-07
- Ian Ocampos (2286) – FM Yaroslav Shevchenko (2383) 0-1 · Titled Tue 11th Aug 2026 · 2026-08-11
- IM Alexander Reprintsev (2353) – WGM Gulmira Dauletova (2257) 0-1 · Titled Tuesday 14th Sept · 2021-09-14
- IM Alexander Reprintsev (2374) – Stepan Zhuravlev (2135) 1-0 · Kolomna Rapid 2018 · 2018-02-17
- IM Alexander Reprintsev (2230) – FM Ronan Le Goff (2245) 1-0 · Titled Tue 26th Nov Early · 2024-11-26
Highest-rated Lichess games
- ErnstStavroBlofeld96 (2379) – abobaraa77 (2439) 0-1 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 2s
- whaflc-jevtic (2440) – Agrik (2354) 1-0 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 2s
- SnailInMyVeins (2334) – DarkPhoenix0091202 (2350) 0-1 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4
More King's Gambit Accepted lines (all)
- King's Gambit Accepted C33
- King's Gambit Accepted: Basman Gambit C33
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Anderssen Variation C33
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Bledow Countergambit C33
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Bledow Variation C33
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Boden Variation C33
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Bogoljubow Defense C33
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Bogoljubow Variation C33
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Boren-Svenonius Variation C33
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Bryan Countergambit C33
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Chigorin's Attack C33
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Classical Defense C33
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.