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Bishop's Opening: Boden-Kieseritzky Gambit

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1.e4e52.Nf3Nf63.Bc4Nxe44.Nc3
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Bishop's Opening: Boden-Kieseritzky Gambit221k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
69%153k38%
9.7%22k48%
8.3%18k51%
Bishop's Opening: Boden-Kieseritzky Gambit, Lichtenhein Defense6.4%14k38%
3.7%8.3k59%
0.8%1.8k41%
0.5%1.0k43%
0.5%1.0k25%
0.3%58432%
0.2%42936%
Famous games in this line106 master games
Novikov, Maxim (2519) – Afromeev, Vladimir (2628)20070–1Berchtenbreiter, Maximilian (2488) – Bareev, Evgeny (2638)20201–0Pessoa, Francisco Azevedo (2512) – Badolati, Sérgio (2568)2009½–½Gunina, V. (2506) – Kosteniuk, A. (2546)20191–0Mestel, A Jonathan (2475) – Makarichev, Sergey (2500)19790–1de Vassal, Thibault (2495) – Rada, Hannes (2473)2007½–½Mariano, Nelson (2403) – Antonio, Rogelio Jr (2551)2000½–½Dijon, Jean-Michel (2459) – Matyukhin, Sergey Konstantinov (2495)20210–1
Heroes of this opening Afromeev, Vladimir · Berchtenbreiter, Maximilian · Gunina, V. · Makarichev, Sergey
Family
Bishop's Opening
Category
Open
First move
1.e4
ECO
C27
Line
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4 4. Nc3
GambitClassical
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Bishop's Opening: Boden-Kieseritzky Gambit, Lichtenhein DefenseC27 4…d5
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