King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Cozio Defense
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6
The King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Cozio Defense is a chess opening classified as ECO C33, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6. It is a line of the King's Gambit Accepted. White is to move. 1 named line continues from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 570 times by this move order. White won 53%, 3% were drawn and Black won 44%. The most popular continuation is 4. Nc3 (44% of games).
Engine evaluation: −0.32 (Stockfish, depth 38; best line 4. Nc3 c6 5. d4 d5 6. exd5 cxd5)
- ECO
- C33
- Moves
- 6 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 191 | |
| 1500-1999 | 274 | |
| 2000+ | 105 | |
| All | 570 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 4. Nc3 Bishop's Gambit, Bogoljubow Variation | 253 (44%) | |
| 4. d3 | 116 (20%) | |
| 4. e5 | 110 (19%) | |
| 4. Nf3 | 63 (11%) | |
| 4. d4 | 7 (1%) | |
| 4. Bxf7+ | 6 (1%) | |
| 4. Qf3 | 5 (1%) | |
| 4. Qe2 | 3 (1%) |
Master games
18 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 28%, draw 11%, Black 61%). The strongest:
- GM David Paravyan (2653) – GM Andrew Tang (2538) 0-1 · Titled Tuesday 27th Oct · 2020-10-27
- GM Boris Savchenko (2613) – IM Klementy Sychev (2445) 1-0 · TCh-RUS Blitz 2016 · 2016-10-07
- GM Boris Savchenko (2552) – FM Jakub Kusa (2336) 1-0 · Titled Tuesday 19th Jan · 2021-01-19
- IM Joose Norri (2353) – FM Osmo Kauppila (2318) 0-1 · TCh-FIN 2015-16 · 2016-03-13
- WIM Petra Sochorova (2180) – IM Richard Biolek (2432) 0-1 · TCh-CZE 1 Liga Vychod · 2015-03-22
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Archpoet (2483) – IM GregShahade (2640) 1-0 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 0s
- Fivezero (2416) – IM Arrowlimit (2529) 1-0 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
- Abghur (2494) – Agrik (2325) 1-0 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 2s
Comes from
King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4
Continuations
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Bogoljubow Variation C33 · 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3
More King's Gambit Accepted lines (all)
- King's Gambit Accepted C33
- King's Gambit Accepted: Basman Gambit C33
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Anderssen Defense C33
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Anderssen Variation C33
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Bledow Countergambit C33
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Bledow Variation C33
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Boden Variation C33
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Bogoljubow Defense C33
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Boren-Svenonius Variation C33
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Bryan Countergambit C33
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Chigorin's Attack C33
- King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Classical Defense C33
Opening names and moves from the Lichess openings dataset; statistics from the Lichess open database, 2026-09 (CC0), sample of 12.6 million games, bots excluded; evaluations from Lichess cloud analysis (all CC0). Master games from The Week in Chess #920–#1664 by Mark Crowther, used with permission.