Bishop's Gambit, Boden Variation
- 1.e4e5
- 2.f4exf4
- 3.Bc4Qh4+
- 4.Kf1Nc6
306 games
Bishop's Gambit line in which Black meets 4. Kf1 with the developing 4...Nc6; a rare, roughly balanced choice that keeps the extra pawn.
Train it in TheoriaAbout the Boden Variation
The Boden Variation follows the Bishop's Gambit check 3...Qh4+ 4. Kf1 with 4...Nc6, bringing the queen's knight out toward d4 and e5 instead of choosing the Cozio Variation's 4...d6. White usually answers 5. Nf3, developing with tempo against the queen, while 5. d4 claims the center at once. Engines rate the position roughly level, and White scores well in the small number of online games.