King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Paulsen Attack
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e5
The King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Paulsen Attack is a chess opening classified as ECO C33, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e5. It is a line of the King's Gambit Accepted. Black is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 6 times by this move order. White won 50%, 0% were drawn and Black won 50%. The most popular continuation is 5… Bxc3 (67% of games).
Engine evaluation: −0.22 (Stockfish, depth 34; best line 5… d5 6. Bb5+ Nfd7 7. Nxd5 Ba5 8. Nxf4)
- ECO
- C33
- Moves
- 9 plies
- FEN
rnbqk2r/pppp1ppp/5n2/4P3/1bB2p2/2N5/PPPP2PP/R1BQK1NR b KQkq - 0 5- PGN
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 1 | |
| 1500-1999 | 3 | |
| 2000+ | 2 | |
| All | 6 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 5… Bxc3 | 4 (67%) | |
| 5… Qe7 | 1 (17%) | |
| 5… d5 | 1 (17%) |
Master games
12 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 17%, draw 16%, Black 67%). The strongest:
- IM Sergei Chekhov (2456) – GM Maiorov, N1. (2529) 1/2-1/2 · 17th Voronezh Master Open · 2013-06-14
- IM Alexander Reprintsev (2353) – GM Victor Mikhalevski (2565) 0-1 · Titled Tue 25th Aug · 2020-08-25
- GM Aleksandr Shimanov (2591) – WFM Katarzyna Adamowicz (2194) 1-0 · European Rapid 2014 · 2014-12-20
- FM Ustiyanovich, N. (2305) – Mikhail Melnichuk (2354) 0-1 · 1st Maksym Yusupov Mem · 2013-02-02
- IM Alexander Reprintsev (2321) – FM Evgeny Sysolyatin (2289) 0-1 · European Blitz 2015 · 2015-12-18
Highest-rated Lichess games
- SergeyNok (2157) – geoff_march (2124) 0-1 · 2026-09-07 · 180 + 2s
- Leopoldo1957 (2017) – Chill_Dad_Chess (2123) 1-0 · 2026-09-03 · 300 + 3s
- ligeti_knight (1779) – Tilek_O (1688) 0-1 · 2026-09-03 · 600 + 0s
Comes from
King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Bogoljubow Variation 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3
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 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, 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.