King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Lopez Defense
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 c6
The King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Lopez Defense is a chess opening classified as ECO C33, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 c6. 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 141 times by this move order. White won 47%, 3% were drawn and Black won 50%. The most popular continuation is 4. Nf3 (38% of games).
Engine evaluation: −0.24 (Stockfish, depth 34; best line 4. Nc3 d5 5. exd5 Nf6 6. d4 cxd5)
- ECO
- C33
- Moves
- 6 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 c6
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 32 | |
| 1500-1999 | 77 | |
| 2000+ | 32 | |
| All | 141 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 4. Nf3 | 53 (38%) | |
| 4. Nc3 | 39 (28%) | |
| 4. d4 | 32 (23%) | |
| 4. Bb3 | 7 (5%) | |
| 4. Qh5 | 4 (3%) | |
| 4. Qe2 | 2 (1%) | |
| 4. e5 | 1 (1%) | |
| 4. Bxf7+ | 1 (1%) |
Master games
29 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 41%, draw 11%, Black 48%). The strongest:
- GM Simon K Williams (2511) – GM Markus Ragger (2666) 0-1 · French Top 12 2013 · 2013-06-03
- FM Kozganbayev, E. (2293) – GM Yangyi Yu (2703) 0-1 · FIDE World Bl Team Pool C · 2024-08-05
- IM Alexander Reprintsev (2353) – GM Aleksej Aleksandrov (2608) 1-0 · 33rd Leon Blitz Open 2020 · 2020-07-14
- IM Petro Golubka (2403) – IM Pavel Simacek (2474) 0-1 · XXXII Lower Silesia Cup · 2016-11-28
- GM Aleksei Pridorozhni (2550) – WGM Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova (2320) 1-0 · Titled Tuesday 31st Aug · 2021-08-31
Highest-rated Lichess games
- FM global2001 (2424) – viburnum (2520) 0-1 · 2026-09-01 · 300 + 0s
- Fivezero (2419) – Terribly_Bored (2500) 0-1 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
- Fivezero (2426) – hrdwrk (2379) 0-1 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
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.