Tree path 5 levels King's Pawn Game › King's Gambit › King's Gambit Accepted › Bishop's Gambit › Greco Variation
- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game C20
- King's Gambit C30
- King's Gambit Accepted C33
- Bishop's Gambit C33
- Greco Variation C33 you are here
King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Greco Variation
Overview
King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Greco Variation 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 is reached after 8 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 Bc5.
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
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Statistics from Lichess
127,062 games · White 58.6% / Draw 2.5% / Black 38.9%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| d4 | 119,539 | |
| Nf3 | 3,773 | |
| Qe2 | 2,080 | |
| Qf3 | 1,198 | |
| Bxf7+ | 148 | |
| d3 | 114 | |
| g3 | 71 | |
| Qe1 | 55 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 01:50:40
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