King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Steinitz Defense
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Ne7
The King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Steinitz Defense is a chess opening classified as ECO C33, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Ne7. 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 125 times by this move order. White won 50%, 4% were drawn and Black won 46%. The most popular continuation is 4. Nf3 (39% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.04 (Stockfish, depth 40; best line 4. Nc3 d5 5. exd5 Ng6 6. Nf3 Be7)
- ECO
- C33
- Moves
- 6 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Ne7
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 5 | |
| 1500-1999 | 63 | |
| 2000+ | 57 | |
| All | 125 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 4. Nf3 | 49 (39%) | |
| 4. d4 | 44 (35%) | |
| 4. Nc3 | 17 (14%) | |
| 4. Qh5 | 5 (4%) | |
| 4. d3 | 5 (4%) | |
| 4. Ne2 | 3 (2%) | |
| 4. h4 | 1 (1%) | |
| 4. c3 | 1 (1%) |
Master games
53 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 43%, draw 14%, Black 43%). The strongest:
- GM Aleksei Pridorozhni (2550) – GM Eric Hansen (2606) 1-0 · Titled Tuesday 31st Aug · 2021-08-31
- GM Aleksei Pridorozhni (2597) – GM Nino Batsiashvili (2467) 1-0 · Titled Tuesday 8th Sept · 2020-09-08
- FM Yotam Shohat (2331) – GM Vahap Sanal (2593) 0-1 · Titled Tue 5th Apr Early · 2022-04-05
- IM Mihnea Costachi (2463) – GM Melikset Khachiyan (2446) 1/2-1/2 · Titled Tue 8th Feb Early · 2022-02-08
- IM Alexander Reprintsev (2353) – GM Kateryna Lagno (2546) 0-1 · Titled Tuesday 12th May · 2020-05-12
Highest-rated Lichess games
- aravindArz (2543) – strizibuba (2528) 1-0 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
- Boomraiser (2392) – schnauders (2376) 0-1 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 0s
- reza_nabodgar (2344) – abbozzo (2268) 1-0 · 2026-09-02 · 300 + 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
- 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.