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- Caissa Codex
- King's Pawn Game C20
- King's Gambit C30
- King's Gambit Accepted C33
- King's Knight's Gambit C34
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King's Gambit Accepted: Bonsch-Osmolovsky Variation
Overview
King's Gambit Accepted: Bonsch-Osmolovsky Variation belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO C34, 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 begins with 6 plies and takes 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Ne7 to reach the canonical position.
The line refines King's Gambit Accepted: King's Knight's Gambit, which traces back to the root opening King's Pawn Game.
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- ECO code
- C34
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 6
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Statistics from Lichess
453,740 games · White 46.2% / Draw 4.0% / Black 49.8%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| Bc4 | 243,726 | |
| d4 | 188,271 | |
| h4 | 7,651 | |
| Nc3 | 6,887 | |
| d3 | 2,334 | |
| Be2 | 1,760 | |
| Qe2 | 774 | |
| e5 | 563 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 01:25:04
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