King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, McDonnell Attack (6… Ne7 7. g3)

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 g5 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. d4 Ne7 7. g3

The King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, McDonnell Attack 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. d4 Ne7 7. g3. 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: +0.32 (Stockfish, depth 30; best line 7… Qh6 8. gxf4 gxf4 9. Qf3 d6 10. Bxf4)

ECO

C33

Moves

13 plies

FEN

rnb1k2r/ppppnpbp/8/6p1/2BPPp1q/2N3P1/PPP4P/R1BQ1KNR b kq - 0 7

PGN

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 g5 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. d4 Ne7 7. g3

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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.