Caissa Codex
C33

King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, McDonnell Attack 6…Ne7 7. g3

Chess diagram: King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, McDonnell Attack after 7. g3

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Statistics from Lichess

21 games: White 66.7% / Draw 9.5% / Black 23.8%

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Rated Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500, from the Lichess opening explorer, updated Nov 1, 2026

Engine evaluation

+0.13 The position is about equal

Best play: 7... Qh6 8. gxf4 gxf4 9. Qf3 Qc6 10. Bb3 Bxd4 11. Qxf4 Qg6 12. Nf3

Stockfish 19, depth 30, after the line's last move. Scores are in pawns, from White's side.

Overview

King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, McDonnell Attack (ECO C33, Open Games) is a gambit in the King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Lopez Variation, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 g5 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. d4 Ne7 7. g3 (7 moves).

In 21 rated Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500, White won 66.7%, Black 23.8% and 9.5% were drawn. Black's most played move here is 7…fxg3, in 90% of those games. That is too few games for the percentages to mean much.

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Other lines from the same position

Instead of 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. d4 Ne7 7. g3, the position after King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Lopez Variation also goes on to:

Transpositions

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Caissa Codex. “King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, McDonnell Attack (C33)”. Lichess data as of 1 Nov 2026. https://chesscodex.org/openings/kings-gambit-accepted-bishops-gambit-mcdonnell-attack-2

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