King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Boden Variation
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 Nc6
The King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Boden Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO C33, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 Nc6. 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 103 times by this move order. White won 55%, 1% were drawn and Black won 44%. The most popular continuation is 5. Nf3 (73% of games).
Engine evaluation: 0.00 (Stockfish, depth 49; best line 5. Nf3 Qh6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. d4 d6)
- ECO
- C33
- Moves
- 8 plies
- FEN
r1b1kbnr/pppp1ppp/2n5/8/2B1Pp1q/8/PPPP2PP/RNBQ1KNR w kq - 4 5- PGN
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 Nc6
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 12 | |
| 1500-1999 | 61 | |
| 2000+ | 30 | |
| All | 103 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5. Nf3 | 75 (73%) | |
| 5. d4 | 19 (18%) | |
| 5. Nc3 | 4 (4%) | |
| 5. c3 | 3 (3%) | |
| 5. d3 | 2 (2%) |
Master games
22 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 68%, draw 5%, Black 27%). The strongest:
- IM Christopher Schwarhofer (2384) – FM Dominik Horvath (2337) 0-1 · TCh-AUT 2nd Ost 2017-18 · 2018-01-14
- FM Jorge Carlos Antonio (2277) – IM Abdimalik Abdisalimov (2392) 1-0 · Titled Tuesday 23rd Feb · 2021-02-23
- IM Alexander Reprintsev (2353) – Nicholas Ladan (2158) 0-1 · Titled Tue 15th Feb Late · 2022-02-15
- FM Vilmos Balint (2200) – FM Francesco Bettalli (2274) 1-0 · Titled Tue 28th Nov Early · 2023-11-28
- IM Alexander Reprintsev (2353) – CM Anatoly Borodavkin (2091) 1-0 · Titled Tue 22nd Mar Early · 2022-03-22
Highest-rated Lichess games
- IM Whynot72 (2518) – FM ArdianJashari (2421) 0-1 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
- Vizhma7 (2412) – Sherif-bandery2006 (2152) 1-0 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 2s
- bobooo92 (2206) – maciwoda69 (2325) 1-0 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 2s
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 Defense 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, 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.