King's Gambit Accepted: Dodo Variation
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Qg4
The King's Gambit Accepted: Dodo Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO C33, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Qg4. 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 64 times by this move order. White won 53%, 2% were drawn and Black won 45%. The most popular continuation is 3… Bd6 (23% of games).
Engine evaluation: −1.31 (Stockfish, depth 32; best line 3… d5 4. Qxf4 Bd6 5. e5 Qe7 6. d4)
- ECO
- C33
- Moves
- 5 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Qg4
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 50 | |
| 1500-1999 | 13 | |
| 2000+ | 1 | |
| All | 64 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 3… Bd6 | 15 (23%) | |
| 3… Nf6 | 12 (19%) | |
| 3… Qf6 | 10 (16%) | |
| 3… d5 | 8 (13%) | |
| 3… d6 | 7 (11%) | |
| 3… Nc6 | 5 (8%) | |
| 3… g5 | 5 (8%) | |
| 3… g6 | 1 (2%) |
Highest-rated Lichess games
- gklo888 (2567) – Mark_Arteur (2336) 0-1 · 2026-09-06 · 600 + 0s
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- Viky_cz (1779) – veeru1179 (1841) 0-1 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 2s
Comes from
King's Gambit Accepted 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4
More King's Gambit Accepted lines (all)
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- 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.