King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Bogoljubow Defense
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6
The King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Bogoljubow Defense is a chess opening classified as ECO C33, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 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 51 times by this move order. White won 45%, 10% were drawn and Black won 45%. The most popular continuation is 5. d4 (41% of games).
Engine evaluation: −0.24 (Stockfish, depth 50; best line 5. Bb3 d5 6. exd5 cxd5 7. d4 Bb4)
- ECO
- C33
- Moves
- 8 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 6 | |
| 1500-1999 | 21 | |
| 2000+ | 24 | |
| All | 51 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5. d4 | 21 (41%) | |
| 5. Nf3 | 11 (22%) | |
| 5. e5 | 8 (16%) | |
| 5. Bb3 | 5 (10%) | |
| 5. Qe2 | 3 (6%) | |
| 5. d3 | 2 (4%) | |
| 5. Qf3 | 1 (2%) |
Master games
84 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 31%, draw 29%, Black 40%). The strongest:
- GM Ian Nepomniachtchi (2789) – GM Levon Aronian (2781) 0-1 · Magnus Carlsen Inv Prelim · 2021-03-13
- GM Vasyl Ivanchuk (2710) – GM Liren Ding (2766) 1-0 · IMSA Blitz 2016 · 2016-03-01
- GM Vasyl Ivanchuk (2731) – GM Anish Giri (2734) 1-0 · SportAccord Rapid Men 2013 · 2013-12-13
- GM Alexander Morozevich (2665) – GM Viswanathan Anand (2776) 0-1 · 11th Tal Mem Blitz 2018 · 2018-03-05
- GM Boris Savchenko (2562) – GM Levon Aronian (2765) 1/2-1/2 · World Rapid 2018 · 2018-12-27
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Fivezero (2416) – IM Arrowlimit (2529) 1-0 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
- reza_nabodgar (2380) – belloid (2289) 1-0 · 2026-09-07 · 300 + 0s
- kerrberos (2292) – Ngandung (2302) 1-0 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Bogoljubow Variation 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3
More King's Gambit Accepted lines (all)
- King's Gambit Accepted C33
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- 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, Boden 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.