King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4
The King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO C33, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4. It is a line of the King's Gambit Accepted. Black is to move. 16 named lines continue from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 4,533 times by this move order. White won 54%, 3% were drawn and Black won 43%. The most popular continuation is 3… Qh4+ (20% of games).
Engine evaluation: −0.61 (Stockfish, depth 55; best line 3… Nc6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Ne2)
- ECO
- C33
- Moves
- 5 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 976 | |
| 1500-1999 | 2,769 | |
| 2000+ | 788 | |
| All | 4,533 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 3… Qh4+ | 913 (20%) | |
| 3… d6 | 623 (14%) | |
| 3… Nf6 Bishop's Gambit, Cozio Defense | 570 (13%) | |
| 3… Nc6 Bishop's Gambit, Maurian Defense | 558 (12%) | |
| 3… g5 Bishop's Gambit, Anderssen Defense | 417 (9%) | |
| 3… Be7 | 351 (8%) | |
| 3… Bc5 | 292 (6%) | |
| 3… h6 | 146 (3%) |
Master games
117 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 47%, draw 13%, Black 40%). The strongest:
- GM Magnus Carlsen (2835) – GM Sanan Sjugirov (2699) 1-0 · Titled Tue 25th Jul Late · 2023-07-25
- GM Awonder Liang (2613) – GM Andrew Hong (2504) 1-0 · chess.com Junior Speed · 2022-04-14
- GM Magnus Carlsen (2830) – Nicholas Ladan (2171) 1-0 · Titled Tue 7th May Late · 2024-05-07
- IM Alexander Reprintsev (2353) – GM Vladislav Kovalev (2637) 0-1 · Titled Tuesday 31st Aug · 2021-08-31
- FM Sergei Chekhov (2443) – GM Rinat Jumabayev (2545) 1/2-1/2 · Chigorin Memorial · 2012-10-29
Search all games of the King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Coach13 (2806) – Chess1Love0 (2807) 1-0 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
- Archpoet (2483) – IM GregShahade (2640) 1-0 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 0s
- aravindArz (2543) – strizibuba (2528) 1-0 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
King's Gambit Accepted 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4
Continuations
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Anderssen Defense C33 · 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 g5
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Bledow Variation C33 · 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d5
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Cozio Defense C33 · 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Gianutio Gambit C33 · 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 f5
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Kieseritzky Gambit C33 · 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 b5
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Lopez Defense C33 · 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 c6
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Maurian Defense C33 · 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nc6
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Steinitz Defense C33 · 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Ne7
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Boden Variation C33 · 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 Nc6
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Bryan Countergambit C33 · 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 b5
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Cozio Variation C33 · 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 d6
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, First Jaenisch Variation C33 · 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 Nf6
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Greco Variation C33 · 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 Bc5
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Lopez Variation C33 · 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 g5
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Chigorin's Attack C33 · 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 d5 5. Bxd5 g5 6. g3
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Classical Defense C33 · 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 Ne7 5. Nc3 g5 6. d4 Bg7
More King's Gambit Accepted lines (all)
- King's Gambit Accepted: Basman Gambit 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, 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, Classical Defense, Cozio Attack C33
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Fraser Variation C33
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Grimm Attack C33
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, McDonnell Attack (6… Ne7 7. g3) C33
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, McDonnell Attack (5… Bg7 6. g3) C33
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Paulsen 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.