King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Bryan Countergambit
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 b5
The King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Bryan Countergambit is a chess opening classified as ECO C33, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 b5. 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 5. Nf3 (100% of games).
Engine evaluation: −0.20 (Stockfish, depth 40; best line 5. Bxb5 c6 6. Ba4 Nf6 7. Qf3 Bc5)
- ECO
- C33
- Moves
- 8 plies
- FEN
rnb1kbnr/p1pp1ppp/8/1p6/2B1Pp1q/8/PPPP2PP/RNBQ1KNR w kq - 0 5- PGN
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 b5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 1500-1999 | 1 | |
| All | 1 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5. Nf3 | 1 (100%) |
Highest-rated Lichess games
- VladimirDod (1985) – MagnusKasparov28 (1976) 1-0 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4
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- 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, 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, 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.