King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Anderssen Variation
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d5 4. Bxd5 c6
The King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Anderssen Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO C33, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d5 4. Bxd5 c6. 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 9 times by this move order. White won 67%, 0% were drawn and Black won 33%. The most popular continuation is 5. Bb3 (89% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.26 (Stockfish, depth 27; best line 5. Bb3 Qh4+ 6. Kf1 Nf6 7. d4 Be7)
- ECO
- C33
- Moves
- 8 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d5 4. Bxd5 c6
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 1 | |
| 1500-1999 | 7 | |
| 2000+ | 1 | |
| All | 9 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5. Bb3 | 8 (89%) | |
| 5. Bc4 | 1 (11%) |
Master games
1 over-the-board game is classified under this line (White 0%, draw 0%, Black 100%). The strongest:
- Ricardo Maruchi Desideri (1959) – WFM Radmila Kovacevic (2113) 0-1 · Titled Tue 8th Nov Late · 2022-11-08
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Ahmad-nabil (2036) – ShingaiMuzhingi (2030) 0-1 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
- ferhatSalmanli (1924) – majawik (1935) 1-0 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 0s
- ProstoChudnoy (1796) – KayBeh (1796) 0-1 · 2026-09-02 · 300 + 0s
Comes from
King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Bledow Variation 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d5
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 C33
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Anderssen Defense C33
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Bledow Countergambit 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.