King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Classical Defense

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 Ne7 5. Nc3 g5 6. d4 Bg7

King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Classical Defense after 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 Ne7 5. Nc3 g5 6. d4 Bg7 87654321abcdefgh

The King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Classical Defense is a chess opening classified as ECO C33, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 Ne7 5. Nc3 g5 6. d4 Bg7. It is a line of the King's Gambit Accepted. White 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: +0.35 (Stockfish, depth 29; best line 7. g3 Qh6 8. gxf4 gxf4 9. Qf3 d6)

ECO
C33
Moves
12 plies
FEN
rnb1k2r/ppppnpbp/8/6p1/2BPPp1q/2N5/PPP3PP/R1BQ1KNR w kq - 1 7
PGN
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 Ne7 5. Nc3 g5 6. d4 Bg7

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

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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.