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C33

King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Cozio Defense

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Overview

King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Cozio Defense is a gambit, classified under ECO code C33 within the Open Games family. As with all gambits, one side sacrifices material early — usually a pawn — in exchange for development, open lines, or initiative.

The Open Games group covers open games — classical 1.e4 e5 openings where both sides contest the centre directly with pawns.

It begins with 6 plies and takes 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6 to reach the canonical position.

It is a variation of King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.

It continues primarily into one named line, King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Bogoljubow Variation.

Together the deeper variations number 3 across the full subtree.

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ECO code
C33
Group
Open Games (C)
Plies
6
Parent
King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit
Direct variations
1
Total in subtree
3

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Statistics from Lichess

233,564 games · White 53.3% / Draw 3.7% / Black 43.0%

MovesGamesW / D / B
Nc3118,056
e543,682
Nf335,153
d327,642
d44,138
Qe22,318
Bxf7+968
Qf3932

Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 01:24:43

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Variations (1)

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