King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Bledow Variation
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d5
The King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Bledow Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO C33, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d5. It is a line of the King's Gambit Accepted. White is to move. 3 named lines continue from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 128 times by this move order. White won 53%, 5% were drawn and Black won 42%. The most popular continuation is 4. Bxd5 (72% of games).
Engine evaluation: −0.27 (Stockfish, depth 44; best line 4. Bxd5 Qh4+ 5. Kf1 Nc6 6. Nf3 Qh6)
- ECO
- C33
- Moves
- 6 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 10 | |
| 1500-1999 | 69 | |
| 2000+ | 49 | |
| All | 128 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 4. Bxd5 | 92 (72%) | |
| 4. exd5 | 34 (27%) | |
| 4. Nf3 | 1 (1%) | |
| 4. Bb3 | 1 (1%) |
Master games
39 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 41%, draw 31%, Black 28%). The strongest:
- Obsidian dev-16.15 (3714) – Berserk 20250622 (3667) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 29 Premier 2026 · 2026-03-10
- Berserk 20250622 (3667) – Obsidian dev-16.15 (3714) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 29 Premier 2026 · 2026-03-07
- GM Vasyl Ivanchuk (2704) – GM Etienne Bacrot (2718) 0-1 · SportAccord Basque 2014 · 2014-12-17
- GM Boris Savchenko (2562) – GM Alexei Shirov (2643) 1-0 · World Blitz 2018 · 2018-12-30
- GM Jeffery Xiong (2646) – GM Sergey Grigoriants (2533) 1-0 · Titled Tue 6th Aug Late · 2024-08-06
Highest-rated Lichess games
- garipaucharecalcada (2477) – IM elaniquilador (2578) 0-1 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 0s
- Coach13 (2812) – DeniSpartak (2045) 1-0 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
- Fivezero (2414) – goranchess1 (2415) 1-0 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4
Continuations
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Anderssen Variation C33 · 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d5 4. Bxd5 c6
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Bledow Countergambit C33 · 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d5 4. Bxd5 Nf6
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Boren-Svenonius Variation C33 · 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d5 4. Bxd5 Qh4+ 5. Kf1 Bd6
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 Defense 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, Bryan Countergambit C33
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Chigorin's Attack C33
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Classical Defense C33
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Classical Defense, Cozio Attack C33
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Cozio Defense C33
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Cozio Variation 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.