Tree path 4 levels King's Pawn Game › King's Gambit › King's Gambit Accepted › Bishop's Gambit
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King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit
Overview
King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit (ECO C33) is a gambit in King's Gambit Accepted, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 — 3 moves.
In 1,662,123 rated Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500, White won 54.2%, Black 42.4% and 3.4% were drawn. Black's most played move here is 3…Qh4+, in 22% of those games.
It branches into 16 named variations; the most played are King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Maurian Defense and King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Cozio Defense. In all, 28 named lines continue from it.
- ECO code
- C33
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Length
- 3 moves
- Parent
- King's Gambit Accepted
- Direct variations
- 16
- Total in subtree
- 28
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Statistics from Lichess
1,662,123 games · White 54.2% / Draw 3.4% / Black 42.4%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| Qh4+ | 371,098 | |
| d6 | 235,652 | |
| Nf6 | 194,301 | |
| g5 | 170,854 | |
| Nc6 | 168,884 | |
| Be7 | 154,913 | |
| Bc5 | 88,926 | |
| d5 | 62,032 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 01:11:42
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Variations (16)
- C33 Anderssen Defense
- C33 Bledow Variation
- C33 Boden Variation
- C33 Bryan Countergambit
- C33 Chigorin's Attack
- C33 Classical Defense
- C33 Cozio Defense
- C33 Cozio Variation
- C33 First Jaenisch Variation
- C33 Gianutio Gambit
- C33 Greco Variation
- C33 Kieseritzky Gambit
- C33 Lopez Defense
- C33 Lopez Variation
- C33 Maurian Defense
- C33 Steinitz Defense
Show all 28 sub-variations (full subtree)
- C33 Anderssen Defense 3 moves
- C33 Bledow Variation 3 moves
- C33 Boden Variation 4 moves
- C33 Bryan Countergambit 4 moves
- C33 Chigorin's Attack 6 moves
- C33 Classical Defense 6 moves
- C33 Cozio Defense 3 moves
- C33 Cozio Variation 4 moves
- C33 First Jaenisch Variation 4 moves
- C33 Gianutio Gambit 3 moves
- C33 Greco Variation 4 moves
- C33 Kieseritzky Gambit 3 moves
- C33 Lopez Defense 3 moves
- C33 Lopez Variation 4 moves
- C33 Maurian Defense 3 moves
- C33 Steinitz Defense 3 moves
- C33 King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Anderssen Variation 4 moves
- C33 King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Bledow Countergambit 4 moves
- C33 King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Bogoljubow Variation 4 moves
- C33 King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Boren-Svenonius Variation 5 moves
- C33 King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Classical Defense, Cozio Attack 5 moves
- C33 King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Grimm Attack 7 moves
- C33 King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, McDonnell Attack 7 moves
- C33 King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, McDonnell Attack 6 moves
- C33 King's Gambit Accepted: Lopez-Gianutio Countergambit, Hein Variation 6 moves
- C33 King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Bogoljubow Defense 4 moves
- C33 King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Fraser Variation 7 moves
- C33 King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Paulsen Attack 5 moves