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C33

King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Bryan Countergambit

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Overview

King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Bryan Countergambit belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO C33, Open Games). It trades material for attacking chances — a classic trade-off that has fascinated players from the Romantic era to modern correspondence chess.

The Open Games group covers open games — classical 1.e4 e5 openings where both sides contest the centre directly with pawns.

It begins with 8 plies and takes 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 b5 to reach the canonical position.

The line refines King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, which traces back to the root opening King's Pawn Game.

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ECO code
C33
Group
Open Games (C)
Plies
8
Parent
King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit

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Statistics from Lichess

1,646 games · White 49.3% / Draw 3.9% / Black 46.8%

MovesGamesW / D / B
Bxb5778
Nf3569
Bb3258
Bd531
Bxf7+6
Be23
d41

Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 01:50:31

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