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King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Bledow Variation
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1.e4e52.f4exf43.Bc4d5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Bledow Variation52k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
79%41k56%
21%11k50%
0.2%12632%
0.2%11536%
0%2119%
0%1918%
0%1712%
0%1020%
0%633%
0%40%
Famous games in this line155 master games
Polgar, Judit (2686) – Topalov, Veselin (2786)Adhiban, Baskaran (2653) – So, W. (2808)Ivanchuk, V. (2704) – Bacrot, E. (2718)Shimanov, Alexandr (2655) – Kamsky, Gata (2741)Short, Nigel D (2684) – Bacrot, Etienne (2712)Morozevich, Alexander (2742) – Almasi, Zoltan (2644)Adams, Michael (2680) – Shirov, Alexei (2700)Ganguly, S. (2665) – Wang Yue (2699)Heroes of this opening Polgar, Judit · Bacrot, E. · Shimanov, Alexandr · Short, Nigel D
- Family
- King's Gambit
- Category
- Gambit
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- C33
- Line
- 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d5
GambitSharp
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For three centuries the King's Gambit was the main line of attacking chess. Anderssen's Immortal Game — London, 1851, played casually alongside the tournament — opens 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 and gives up a bishop, both rooks and the queen. Then Fischer, after losing to Spassky's at Mar del Plata in 1960, published 'A Bust to the King's Gambit' in 1961. It has never been the same — and it still wins miniatures every day.
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