King's Gambit Accepted: Orsini Gambit
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. b3
The King's Gambit Accepted: Orsini Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO C33, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. b3. 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 2 times by this move order. White won 0%, 0% were drawn and Black won 100%. The most popular continuation is 3… Nc6 (50% of games).
Engine evaluation: −2.08 (Stockfish, depth 34; best line 3… Qh4+ 4. Ke2 Nc6 5. Nf3 Qe7 6. Kf2)
- ECO
- C33
- Moves
- 5 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. b3
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 2 | |
| All | 2 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 3… Nc6 | 1 (50%) | |
| 3… d6 | 1 (50%) |
Highest-rated Lichess games
- phxdrummer (1147) – harshu130115 (1100) 0-1 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
- jarlcohn (801) – AC-DARCY (835) 0-1 · 2026-09-03 · 600 + 0s
Comes from
King's Gambit Accepted 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4
More King's Gambit Accepted lines (all)
- 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, 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.