King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Greco Variation
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 Bc5
The King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Greco Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO C33, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 Bc5. 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 312 times by this move order. White won 61%, 1% were drawn and Black won 38%. The most popular continuation is 5. d4 (95% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.50 (Stockfish, depth 48; best line 5. d4 d5 6. Bb5+ c6 7. dxc5 cxb5)
- ECO
- C33
- Moves
- 8 plies
- FEN
rnb1k1nr/pppp1ppp/8/2b5/2B1Pp1q/8/PPPP2PP/RNBQ1KNR w kq - 4 5- PGN
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 Bc5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 63 | |
| 1500-1999 | 229 | |
| 2000+ | 20 | |
| All | 312 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5. d4 | 297 (95%) | |
| 5. Nf3 | 11 (4%) | |
| 5. Qe2 | 1 (0%) | |
| 5. d3 | 1 (0%) | |
| 5. Nh3 | 1 (0%) | |
| 5. Qf3 | 1 (0%) |
Master games
13 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 92%, draw 8%, Black 0%). The strongest:
- FM Vilmos Balint (2236) – Philip J Crocker (2135) 1-0 · Titled Tue 10th Jan Early · 2023-01-10
- IM Alexander Velikanov (2387) – WFM Shubhi Gupta (1953) 1-0 · Titled Tue 19th Mar Early · 2024-03-19
- CM Wojciech Smieszek (2141) – Ulises Eduardo Hernandez Bermudez (2042) 1-0 · Titled Tue 15th Jul Late · 2025-07-15
- Wolfgang Weiler (2149) – Gerhard Buchfelder (1747) 1-0 · 17th Godesberg Open · 2013-08-03
- CM Mikael Helin (1962) – Kazim Yilmaz (1656) 1/2-1/2 · Gibraltar Masters 2018 · 2018-01-27
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Ramil_7777777 (2237) – digital264 (2253) 0-1 · 2026-09-07 · 600 + 0s
- Leo202122 (2212) – MisterKhamis (2193) 1-0 · 2026-09-03 · 300 + 0s
- INDO1 (2238) – Abisoye14 (2123) 1-0 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 2s
Comes from
King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4
More King's Gambit Accepted lines (all)
- King's Gambit Accepted C33
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- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Anderssen Defense C33
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Anderssen Variation C33
- 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, Bryan Countergambit C33
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Chigorin's Attack 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.