King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Chigorin's Attack

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 d5 5. Bxd5 g5 6. g3

The King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Chigorin's Attack is a chess opening classified as ECO C33, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 d5 5. Bxd5 g5 6. g3. It is a line of the King's Gambit Accepted. Black is to move.

This exact move order didn't appear in our sample of 12.6 million Lichess games: it's a rare line.

Engine evaluation: −0.72 (Stockfish, depth 28; best line 6… Qh6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. d4 Nf6 9. h4)

ECO

C33

Moves

11 plies

FEN

rnb1kbnr/ppp2p1p/8/3B2p1/4Pp1q/6P1/PPPP3P/RNBQ1KNR b kq - 0 6

PGN

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 d5 5. Bxd5 g5 6. g3

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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.