King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Maurian Defense
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nc6
The King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Maurian Defense is a chess opening classified as ECO C33, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nc6. 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 558 times by this move order. White won 54%, 2% were drawn and Black won 44%. The most popular continuation is 4. Nf3 (60% of games).
Engine evaluation: −0.42 (Stockfish, depth 56; best line 4. Nf3 g5 5. d4 Bg7 6. Nc3 d6)
- ECO
- C33
- Moves
- 6 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nc6
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 176 | |
| 1500-1999 | 316 | |
| 2000+ | 66 | |
| All | 558 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 4. Nf3 | 337 (60%) | |
| 4. d4 | 168 (30%) | |
| 4. Nc3 | 13 (2%) | |
| 4. Bxf7+ | 11 (2%) | |
| 4. d3 | 10 (2%) | |
| 4. Qh5 | 7 (1%) | |
| 4. c3 | 4 (1%) | |
| 4. a3 | 3 (1%) |
Master games
86 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 34%, draw 15%, Black 51%). The strongest:
- LCZero 0.31-dag-c93c6a8-BT4-61 (3652) – Stockfish dev-20250118-8e3e22b (3683) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 27 Theory Bonus · 2025-01-22
- GM Vasyl Ivanchuk (2630) – GM Chithambaram VR. Aravindh (2718) 1/2-1/2 · World Rapid 2024 · 2024-12-27
- GM Jeffery Xiong (2636) – GM Awonder Liang (2687) 0-1 · Titled Tue 26th Nov Late · 2024-11-26
- GM Aleksei Pridorozhni (2596) – GM Santosh Gujrathi Vidit (2726) 0-1 · Titled Tue 13th Oct Final · 2020-10-13
- GM Aleksei Pridorozhni (2597) – GM Gawain C B Maroroa Jones (2670) 1-0 · Titled Tuesday 8th Sept · 2020-09-08
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Fivezero (2403) – m_d1386 (2516) 0-1 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 0s
- Samokl13 (2428) – swynwr (2430) 0-1 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 0s
- gs47 (2386) – alboraa7 (2445) 0-1 · 2026-09-06 · 600 + 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.