King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Fraser Variation

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 g5 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. g3 fxg3 7. Qf3

King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Fraser Variation after 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 g5 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. g3 fxg3 7. Qf3 87654321abcdefgh

The King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Fraser Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO C33, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 g5 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. g3 fxg3 7. Qf3. 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: −0.23 (Stockfish, depth 30; best line 7… g2+ 8. Kxg2 f6 9. Nge2 Ne7 10. Qg3)

ECO
C33
Moves
13 plies
FEN
rnb1k1nr/pppp1pbp/8/6p1/2B1P2q/2N2Qp1/PPPP3P/R1B2KNR b kq - 1 7
PGN
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 g5 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. g3 fxg3 7. Qf3

Analyse with Stockfish · Board image (SVG) · Open on Lichess

Comes from

King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, McDonnell Attack (5… Bg7 6. g3) 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 g5 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. g3

More King's Gambit Accepted lines (all)

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.