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King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Cozio Defense
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1.e4e52.f4exf43.Bc4Nf6
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Cozio Defense209k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
20%41k53%
16%34k53%
12%26k53%
1.9%4.0k52%
0.8%1.7k58%
0.5%94752%
0.4%76747%
0.1%30645%
0%8457%
Famous games in this line337 master games
Nepomniachtchi, I.. (2789) – Aronian, L.. (2781)Short, Nigel D (2698) – Kasparov, Garry (2812)Ivanchuk, V. (2710) – Ding Liren (2766)Ivanchuk, V. (2731) – Giri, A. (2734)Morozevich, A. (2665) – Anand, V. (2776)Timmerman, Gert Jan (2706) – Umansky, Mikhail Markovich (2670)Navara, David (2646) – Gelfand, Boris (2720)Savchenko, B. (2562) – Aronian, L. (2765)Heroes of this opening Ivanchuk, V. · Aronian, L.. · Short, Nigel D · Anand, V.
- Family
- King's Gambit
- Category
- Gambit
- First move
- 1.e4
- ECO
- C33
- Line
- 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6
GambitSharp
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From the archives
For three centuries the King's Gambit was the main line of attacking chess. Anderssen's Immortal Game — London, 1851, played casually alongside the tournament — opens 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 and gives up a bishop, both rooks and the queen. Then Fischer, after losing to Spassky's at Mar del Plata in 1960, published 'A Bust to the King's Gambit' in 1961. It has never been the same — and it still wins miniatures every day.
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