King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Bledow Countergambit
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d5 4. Bxd5 Nf6
The King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Bledow Countergambit is a chess opening classified as ECO C33, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d5 4. Bxd5 Nf6. 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 52 times by this move order. White won 52%, 4% were drawn and Black won 44%. The most popular continuation is 5. Nc3 (65% of games).
Engine evaluation: −0.16 (Stockfish, depth 34; best line 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nxd5 Nc6 7. Nxf4 Bd6)
- ECO
- C33
- Moves
- 8 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d5 4. Bxd5 Nf6
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 2 | |
| 1500-1999 | 26 | |
| 2000+ | 24 | |
| All | 52 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5. Nc3 | 34 (65%) | |
| 5. Bb3 | 13 (25%) | |
| 5. c4 | 3 (6%) | |
| 5. Bc4 | 1 (2%) | |
| 5. Nf3 | 1 (2%) |
Master games
88 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 39%, draw 11%, Black 50%). The strongest:
- GM B. Adhiban (2653) – GM So, W. (2808) 1/2-1/2 · 79th Tata Steel GpA · 2017-01-20
- GM Aleksandr Shimanov (2655) – GM Gata Kamsky (2741) 1-0 · FIDE World Cup 2013 · 2013-08-15
- GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly (2665) – GM Yue Wang (2699) 0-1 · 5th Asian Team Men Rapid · 2017-09-26
- GM Arkadij Naiditsch (2724) – GM Daniel Fridman (2602) 0-1 · 17th Corsican Circuit Final · 2013-10-21
- GM Boris Savchenko (2562) – GM Vadim Zvjaginsev (2642) 0-1 · Mark Dvoretsky Mem 2018 · 2018-12-08
Highest-rated Lichess games
- garipaucharecalcada (2477) – IM elaniquilador (2578) 0-1 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 0s
- Fivezero (2414) – goranchess1 (2415) 1-0 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 0s
- ErnstStavroBlofeld96 (2355) – kokerzoki (2370) 1-0 · 2026-09-07 · 180 + 2s
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, Anderssen 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.