Tree path 7 levels King's Pawn Game › King's Gambit › King's Gambit Accepted › Bishop's Gambit › Cozio Defense › King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Bogoljubow Variation › King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Bogoljubow Defense
- Chess Codex
- King's Pawn Game C20
- King's Gambit C30
- King's Gambit Accepted C33
- Bishop's Gambit C33
- Cozio Defense C33
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Bogoljubow Variation C33
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King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Bogoljubow Defense
Overview
King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Bogoljubow Defense belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO C33, Open Games). It trades material for attacking chances — a classic trade-off that has fascinated players from the Romantic era to modern correspondence chess.
The Open Games group covers open games — classical 1.e4 e5 openings where both sides contest the centre directly with pawns.
It is reached after 8 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6.
The line refines King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Bogoljubow Variation, which traces back to the root opening King's Pawn Game.
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- ECO code
- C33
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 8
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Statistics from Lichess
47,496 games · White 49.5% / Draw 4.4% / Black 46.1%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| d4 | 13,822 | |
| e5 | 11,991 | |
| Nf3 | 11,777 | |
| Bb3 | 4,048 | |
| d3 | 2,148 | |
| Qf3 | 1,703 | |
| Qe2 | 1,673 | |
| Nge2 | 116 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 01:50:28
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