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King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit is a chess opening that arises after 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4. It is classified C33 in the ECO system, and the position after these moves has black to move. The King's Gambit Accepted sees Black take the offered f-pawn. White gives up a pawn and a measure of king safety to seize the centre with d4 and open the f-file for a direct attack. It dominated nineteenth-century chess and remains one of the sharpest openings still played.
Extremely sharp. White's compensation is real but temporary, so the attack must be pressed. Black's task is to return the pawn at the right moment and reach an endgame where the structural damage to White's kingside tells.
Romantic attacking players who accept objective risk for maximum practical pressure.
This line is a variation within the King's Gambit Accepted family. The strategic ideas above describe the family as a whole; this particular line reaches them by the move order 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4.
Each of these is a named opening reached by playing on from 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4. Open any of them to load the position on the board.