King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Bogoljubow Variation
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3
The King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Bogoljubow Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO C33, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3. It is a line of the King's Gambit Accepted. Black is to move. 2 named lines continue from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 253 times by this move order. White won 55%, 5% were drawn and Black won 40%. The most popular continuation is 4… Bb4 (21% of games).
Engine evaluation: −0.33 (Stockfish, depth 36; best line 4… c6 5. d4 d5 6. exd5 cxd5 7. Bb5+)
- ECO
- C33
- Moves
- 7 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 62 | |
| 1500-1999 | 122 | |
| 2000+ | 69 | |
| All | 253 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 4… Bb4 | 54 (21%) | |
| 4… c6 Bishop's Gambit, Bogoljubow Defense | 51 (20%) | |
| 4… Nc6 | 34 (13%) | |
| 4… d6 | 33 (13%) | |
| 4… Bc5 | 31 (12%) | |
| 4… Be7 | 10 (4%) | |
| 4… Nxe4 | 8 (3%) | |
| 4… d5 | 8 (3%) |
Master games
58 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 47%, draw 13%, Black 40%). The strongest:
- LCZero 0.31-dag-f7fb268-BT4-61 (3652) – Stockfish dev-20241208-cf10644 (3683) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 27 Superfinal 2024 · 2024-12-16
- Stockfish dev-20241208-cf10644 (3683) – LCZero 0.31-dag-f7fb268-BT4-61 (3652) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 27 Superfinal 2024 · 2024-12-16
- GM Boris Savchenko (2550) – GM Vladislav Artemiev (2701) 0-1 · TCh-RUS Rapid 2022 · 2022-10-18
- GM Aleksei Pridorozhni (2523) – GM Laurent Fressinet (2706) 1/2-1/2 · Aeroflot Open Rapid Qualifier 2013 · 2013-02-12
- GM Vasyl Ivanchuk (2630) – IM Rudik Makarian (2547) 0-1 · World Blitz 2024 · 2024-12-30
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Archpoet (2483) – IM GregShahade (2640) 1-0 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 0s
- Fivezero (2416) – IM Arrowlimit (2529) 1-0 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
- Abghur (2494) – Agrik (2325) 1-0 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 2s
Comes from
King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Cozio Defense 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6
Continuations
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Bogoljubow Defense C33 · 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Paulsen Attack C33 · 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e5
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, 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.