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C33Opening

King's Gambit Accepted:Bishop's Gambit

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4

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Black to move

Legal moves
30
Games in the next 4 moves
914,325
Different positions among them
313,616
Named lines from here
28

See it on the mapOn the opening map

It is reached after 5 moves: 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4. It is a line of the King's Gambit Accepted.

Black is to move and has 30 legal moves. Over the next four moves — two for each side — the game can branch into 914,325 different games. Those games reach 313,616 different positions: most positions can be reached in more than one way, 2.9 on average.

The Lichess opening list names 28 further lines after this position, such as Lopez Variation (3... Qh4+ 4. Kf1 g5) and Bledow Variation (3... d5).

The same moves can be played in 2 different legal orders that all reach this position. For example 1. f4 e5 2. e4 exf4 3. Bc4, which starts as the Bird Opening.

Map of every game of the next four moves after the King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit
Every game of the next four moves from this position, as the map draws it. Each ring is one more move; the outer ring holds all 914,325 games.

Move by move

  1. 1. e4King's Pawn Game
  2. 1... e5King's Pawn Game
  3. 2. f4King's Gambit
  4. 2... exf4King's Gambit Accepted
  5. 3. Bc4King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit

Named lines from here

Famous games through this position

The Immortal GameAnderssen, London 1851, move 3Anderssen gives up both rooks, a bishop and his queen, then mates with the minor pieces he has left.

Related openings

FEN

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