King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Boren-Svenonius Variation

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d5 4. Bxd5 Qh4+ 5. Kf1 Bd6

King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Boren-Svenonius Variation after 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d5 4. Bxd5 Qh4+ 5. Kf1 Bd6 87654321abcdefgh

The King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Boren-Svenonius Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO C33, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d5 4. Bxd5 Qh4+ 5. Kf1 Bd6. 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 1 times by this move order. White won 100%, 0% were drawn and Black won 0%. The most popular continuation is 6. d4 (100% of games).

Engine evaluation: −0.15 (Stockfish, depth 29; best line 6. Nf3 Qh5 7. d4 Ne7 8. Bb3 f6)

ECO
C33
Moves
10 plies
FEN
rnb1k1nr/ppp2ppp/3b4/3B4/4Pp1q/8/PPPP2PP/RNBQ1KNR w kq - 3 6
PGN
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d5 4. Bxd5 Qh4+ 5. Kf1 Bd6

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Results by rating

Average ratingGamesWhite / draw / Black
1500-19991100%
All1100%

Most played moves

MoveGamesWhite / draw / Black
6. d41 (100%)100%

Master games

1 over-the-board game is classified under this line (White 0%, draw 100%, Black 0%). The strongest:

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King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Bledow Variation 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d5

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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.