List of chess gambits
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gambit name – ECO code – moves
[edit] Albin Countergambit
- Albin Countergambit – D08 – 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5
[edit] Alekhine Defence
- Alekhine Gambit – B02 – 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.c4 Nb6 4.d4 d6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 dxe5 7.Nxe5
[edit] Amar Opening
- Amar Gambit – A00 – 1.Nh3 d5 2.g3 e5 3.f4
- Paris Gambit – A00 – 1.Nh3 d5 2.f3 e5 3.e4 f5
[edit] Benko Gambit
- Benko Gambit (Volga Gambit) – A57 – 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
[edit] Benko Opening
- Dada Gambit – A00 – 1.g3 e5 2.Bg2 d5 3.b4
[edit] Benoni Defence
- Zilbermints Gambit – A43 – 1.d4 c5 2.b4
[edit] Bird's Opening
- From Gambit – A02 – 1.f4 e5
- Sturm Gambit – A03 – 1.f4 d5 2.c4
- Swiss Gambit – A02 – 1.f4 f5 2.e4 exf4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g4
- Williams Gambit – A03 – 1.f4 d5 2.e4
[edit] Bishop's Opening
- Calabrian Countergambit – C23 – 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 f5
- Four Pawns Gambit – C23 – 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.b4 Bxb4 4.f4 exf4 5.Nf3 Be7 6.d4 Bh4+ 7.g3 fxg3 8.O-O gxh2+ 9.Kh1
- Greco Gambit – C24 – 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.f4 Nxe4
- Jerome Gambit – C23 – 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.Bxf7+ Kxf7
- Lewis Countergambit – C23 – 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.c3 d5
- Lopez Gambit – C23 – 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.Qe2 Nf6 4.d3 Nc6 5.c3 Ne7 6.f4
- McDonnell Double Gambit – C23 – 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.b4 Bxb4 4.f4
- Petroff Gambit – C23 – 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.Nf3 d6 4.c3 Qe7 5.d4 648
- Ponziani Gambit – C24 – 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d4
- Urusov (Ponziani) Gambit – C24 – 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nf3
- Wing Gambit – C23 – 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.b4
[edit] Blackmar-Diemer Gambit
- Blackmar Gambit – D00 – 1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.f3
- Blackmar-Diemer Gambit – D00 – 1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3
[edit] Blumenfeld Countergambit
- Blumenfeld Gambit (Countergambit) – E10 – 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nf3 b5
[edit] Budapest Defence
- Budapest Gambit – A51 – 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5
- Farajowicz Gambit – A51 – 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4
- Balogh Gambit – A52 – 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.e4 d6
[edit] Caro-Kann Defence
- Alekhine Gambit – B15 – 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Bd3
[edit] Catalan Opening
- Catalan Queens Gambit – E00 – 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3
[edit] Center Counter Defense
- Kotrc-Mieses Gambit – B01 – 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.b4
- Marshall Gambit – B01 – 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6
[edit] Danish Gambit
- Danish Gambit – C21 – 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3
[edit] Dutch Defence
- Krejcik Gambit – A80 – 1.d4 f5 2.g4
- Lasker Gambit – A83 – 1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 c6 (or 4...g6) 5.f3
- Staunton Gambit – A82 – 1.d4 f5 2.e4
[edit] Elephant Gambit
- Queen's Pawn Countergambit (Elephant Gambit, Maroczy Gambit) – C40 – 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d5
[edit] English Opening
- Bellon Gambit – A22 – 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 e4 4.Ng5 b5
- Jaenisch Gambit – A10 – 1.c4 b5
[edit] Englund Gambit
- Charlick Gambit – A40 – 1.d4 e5
- Englund Gambit – A40 – 1.d4 e5 2.dxe5 Nc6 3.Nf3 Qe7 4.Qd5 f6 5.exf6 Nxf6
[edit] Evans Gambit
- Evans Countergambit – C51 – 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 d5
- Evans Gambit – C51 – 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4
[edit] Four Knights Game
- Belgrade Gambit – C47 – 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nd5
- Halloween (Müller-Schultze) Gambit – C47 – 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nxe5
[edit] French Defence
- Milner-Barry Gambit – C02 – 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.Bd3 cxd4 7.cxd4 Bd7 8.Nc3 Nxd4 9.Nxd4 Qxd4
- Nimzowitsch Gambit – C02 – 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.Qg4
[edit] Giuoco Piano
- Blackburne Shilling Gambit – C50 – 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nd4
- Italian Gambit – C50 – 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d4
- Jerome Gambit – C50 – 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7
- Rousseau Gambit – C50 – 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 f5
[edit] Grünfeld Defense
- Grünfeld Gambit – D83 – 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 O-O
[edit] King's Gambit
- Allgaier Gambit – C39 – 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ng5
- Bertin (Three Pawns) Gambit – C35 – 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Be7 4.Bc4 Bh4+ 5.g3 fxg3 6.O-O gxh2+ 7.Kh1
- Bishop's Gambit – C33 – 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4
- Blackburne Gambit – C39 – 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ng5 h6 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Nc3
- Breyer Gambit – C33 – 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Qf3
- Bryan (Kieseritzky) Countergambit – C33 – 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 b5
- Bryan Countergambit – C33 – 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 Qh4+ 4.Kf1 b5
- Carrera (Basman) Gambit – C33 – 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Qe2
- Charousek Gambit – C32 – 1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 e4 4.d3 Nf6 5.dxe4 Nxe4 6.Qe2
- Cunningham Gambit – C35 – 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Be7
- Double Muzio Gambit – C37 – 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.O-O gxf3 6.Qxf3 Qf6 7.e5 Qxe5 8.Bxf7+
- Falkbeer Countergambit – C31 – 1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5
- Ghulam Khassim Gambit – C37 – 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.d4
- Gianutio Countergambit – C34 – 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 f5
- Greco (Calabrian) Gambit – C38 – 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 Bg7 5.h4 h6 6.d4 d6 7.Nc3 c6 8.hxg5 hxg5 9.Rxh8 Bxh8 10.Ne5
- Hanstein Gambit – C38 – 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 Bg7 5.O-O
- Keres Gambit – C33 – 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nc3
- Kieseritzky Gambit – C39 – 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5
- Kings Gambit – C30 – 1.e4 e5 2.f4
- Lopez-Gianutio Countergambit – C33 – 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 f5
- McDonnell Gambit – C37 – 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.Nc3
- Morphy Gambit – C31 – 1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 e4 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.d3 Bb4
- Muzio Gambit – C37 – 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.O-O
- Philidor Gambit – C38 – 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 Bg7 5.h4
- Polerio Gambit – C37 – 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4
- Quaade Gambit – C37 – 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Nc3
- Rice Gambit – C39 – 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5 Nf6 6.Bc4 d5 7.exd5 Bd6 8.O-O
- Rosentreter Gambit – C37 – 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.d4 g4
- Salvio Gambit – C37 – 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.Ne5
- Sorensen Gambit – C37 – 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.d4 g4 5.Ne5
- Stamma Gambit – C33 – 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.h4
- Tartakower (Lesser Bishop's) Gambit – C33 – 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Be2
- Villemson Gambit – C33 – 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.d4
- Wild Muzio Gambit – C37 – 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.Bxf7+
[edit] King's Indian Defense
- Danube Gambit – E60 – 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.d5 b5
[edit] King's Pawn Opening
- Chicago Gambit – C44 – 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nxe5 Nxe5 4.d4
[edit] Latvian Gambit
- Corkscrew Countergambit – C40 – 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 3.Nxe5 Nf6 4.Bc4 fxe4 5.Nf7 Qe7 6.Nxh8 d5
- Latvian Gambit (Greco Countergambit) – C40 – 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5
[edit] Petrov's Defence
- Boden-Kieseritzky Gambit – C42 – 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nxe4 4.Nc3 Nxc3 5.dxc3 f6
- Cochrane Gambit – C42 – 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nxf7
- Urusov Gambit – C43 – 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4
[edit] Philidor Defence
- Locock Gambit – C41 – 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Ng5 h6 5.Nxf7
- Lopez Countergambit – C41 – 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5
- Philidor Countergambit – C41 – 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5
[edit] Ponziani Opening
- Ponziani Countergambit – C44 – 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 f5
[edit] Queen's Pawn Opening
- Steinitz Countergambit – D00 – 1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 c5
[edit] Queen's Gambit Accepted
- Alekhine Defense – D22 – 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 a6 4.e3
[edit] Queen's Gambit
- Queens Gambit – D06 – 1.d4 d5 2.c4
[edit] Reti Opening
- Lisitsin Gambit – A04 – 1.Nf3 f5 2.e4
- Reti (Landstrasse) Gambit – A09 – 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4
- Tennison (Lemberg) Gambit – A06 – 1.Nf3 d5 2.e4 {also 1.e4 d5 2.Nf3}
[edit] Ruy Lopez
- Alapin Gambit – C68 – 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Bg4 6.h3 h5
- Basque Gambit – C84 – 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d4 exd4 7.e5 Ne4 8.c3
- Harksen Gambit – C80 – 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.c4
- Marshall Gambit – C89 – 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.c3 d5
- Schliemann (Jaenisch) Gambit – C63 – 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5
[edit] Scotch Game
- Goring Gambit – C44 – 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.c3
- Relfsson Gambit – C44 – 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bb5
- Scotch Gambit – C44 – 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4
[edit] Semi-Slav Defense
- Anti-Meran Gambit – D44 – 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.Bg5
- Marshall Gambit – D31 – 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e4 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Bb4+ 6.Bd2
[edit] Sicilian Defense
- Andreaschek Gambit – B21 – 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.Nf3 e5 4.c3
- Bronstein Gambit – B52 – 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.O-O Nc6 6.c3 Nf6 7.d4
- Morra Gambit – B32 – 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.c3
- Rubinstein Countergambit – B29 – 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nc3 e6 5.Nxd5 exd5 6.d4 Nc6
- Sicilian Gambit – B45 – 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be2 Bb4 7.O-O
- Smith-Morra Gambit – B21 – 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3
- Wing Gambit Deferred [Sicilian 2...d6] – B50 – 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 (or 2...e6) 3.b4
- Wing Gambit – B20 – 1.e4 c5 2.b4
- Zollner Gambit – B73 – 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.Be3 Nc6 8.O-O O-O 9.f4 Qb6 10.e5
[edit] Slav Defense
- Slav Gambit – D15 – 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4
- Tolusch-Geller Gambit – D15 – 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 b5 6.e5
- Winawer Countergambit – D10 – 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 e5
[edit] Sokolsky Opening
- Tartakower (Fischer) Gambit – A00 – 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 f6 3.e4
[edit] Tarrasch Defense
- Marshall Gambit – D32 – 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.e4
- Tarrasch Gambit – D32 – 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.dxc5 d4 6.Na4 b5
- Von Hennig-Schara Gambit (Hennig-Schara Gambit, Schara Hennig Countergambit) – D32 – 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 cxd4
[edit] Torre Attack
- Wagner Gambit – A46 – 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 c5 4.e4
[edit] Two Knights Defense
- Boden-Kieseritzky Gambit – C55 – 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nxe4 5.O-O
- Fegatello/Fried Liver Attack – C57 – 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.ed Nxd5 6.Nxf7
- Two Knights' Gambit – C58 – 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5
- Wilkes-Barre/Traxler variation – C57 – 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 Bc5
[edit] Vienna Game
- Adams Gambit – C27 – 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nxe4 4.Qh5 Nd6 5.Bb3 Nc6 6.d4
- Fyfe Gambit – C25 – 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.d4
- Hamppe-Allgaier Gambit – C25 – 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 exf4 4.Nf3 g5 5.h4 g4 6.Ng5
- Hamppe-Muzio Gambit – C25 – 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 exf4 4.Nf3 g5 5.Bc4 g4 6.O-O
- Pierce Gambit – C25 – 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 exf4 4.Nf3 g5 5.d4 g4 6.Bc4
- Steinitz Gambit – C25 – 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 exf4 4.d4
- Vienna Gambit – C29 – 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4
[edit] Ware Opening
- Ware Gambit – A00 – 1.a4 e5 2.a5 d5 3.e3 f5 4.a6