King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Lopez Variation
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 g5
The King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Lopez Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO C33, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 g5. It is a line of the King's Gambit Accepted. White is to move. 4 named lines continue from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 43 times by this move order. White won 51%, 0% were drawn and Black won 49%. The most popular continuation is 5. Nf3 (88% of games).
Engine evaluation: 0.00 (Stockfish, depth 32; best line 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. d4 d6 7. g3 fxg3)
- ECO
- C33
- Moves
- 8 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 g5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 2 | |
| 1500-1999 | 16 | |
| 2000+ | 25 | |
| All | 43 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5. Nf3 | 38 (88%) | |
| 5. d4 | 5 (12%) |
Master games
5 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 60%, draw 20%, Black 20%). The strongest:
- FM Vilmos Balint (2161) – FM Lennert Lenaerts (2376) 1-0 · Titled Tue 18th Apr Early · 2023-04-18
- IM Maximiliano Perez (2383) – CM Dewar Bienvenido Feliz Dotel (1984) 1-0 · Titled Tue 22nd Aug Early · 2023-08-22
- Rafal Kowalczyk (2222) – Lukasz Luba (2097) 1-0 · 53rd Rubinstein Mem · 2017-08-27
- Joseph David Turner (1912) – Sam Jukes (1936) 0-1 · 68th ch-WLS 2024 · 2024-03-29
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Morrelo (2333) – sukhanovsn (2280) 0-1 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
- MightySpock (2339) – L_555 (2217) 1-0 · 2026-09-05 · 300 + 3s
- Kerop (2299) – donlulas_23 (2252) 0-1 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4
Continuations
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Classical Defense, Cozio Attack C33 · 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 g5 5. Qf3
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, McDonnell Attack (5… Bg7 6. g3) C33 · 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 g5 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. g3
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Grimm Attack C33 · 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 g5 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. d4 d6 7. e5
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, McDonnell Attack (6… Ne7 7. g3) C33 · 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 g5 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. d4 Ne7 7. g3
More King's Gambit Accepted lines (all)
- King's Gambit Accepted C33
- King's Gambit Accepted: Basman Gambit C33
- 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.