List of chess gambits

This article uses algebraic notation to describe chess moves.

This is a list of chess openings that are gambits. The gambits are organized into sections by the parent chess opening, giving the gambit name, ECO code, and defining moves in algebraic chess notation.

Contents 1 Albin Countergambit 2 Alekhine's Defence 3 Amar Opening 4 Benko Gambit 5 Benko Opening 6 Benoni Defence 7 Bird's Opening 8 Bishop's Opening 9 Blackmar-Diemer Gambit 10 Blumenfeld Gambit 11 Budapest Gambit 12 Caro-Kann Defence 13 Catalan Opening 14 Danish Gambit 15 Dutch Defence 16 Elephant Gambit 17 English Opening 18 Englund Gambit 19 Evans Gambit 20 Four Knights Game 21 French Defence 22 Giuoco Piano 23 Grünfeld Defense 24 King's Gambit 25 King's Indian Defense 26 King's Pawn Opening 27 Latvian Gambit 28 Petrov's Defence 29 Philidor Defence 30 Ponziani Opening 31 Queen's Pawn Opening 32 Queen's Gambit Accepted 33 Queen's Gambit 34 Reti Opening 35 Ruy Lopez 36 Scandinavian Defense 37 Scotch Game 38 Semi-Slav Defense 39 Sicilian Defence 40 Slav Defense 41 Sokolsky Opening 42 Tarrasch Defense 43 Torre Attack 44 Two Knights Defense 45 Vienna Game 46 Ware Opening 47 External links

Albin Countergambit

• Albin Countergambit – D08 – 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5

Alekhine's Defence

• Alekhine Gambit – B02 – 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.c4 Nb6 4.d4 d6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 dxe5 7.Nxe5
• Spielmann Gambit – B02 – 1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e5 Nfd7 4. e6?!

Amar Opening

• Amar Gambit – A00 – 1.Nh3 d5 2.g3 e5 3.f4

Benko Gambit

• Benko Gambit (Volga Gambit) – A57 – 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5

Benko Opening

• Dada Gambit – A00 – 1.g3 e5 2.Bg2 d5 3.b4

Benoni Defence

• Zilbermints Gambit – A43 – 1.d4 c5 2.b4

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 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g4
• Williams Gambit – A03 – 1.f4 d5 2.e4

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
• 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

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
• Ryder Gambit – D00 – 1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 exf3 5.Qxf3
• Hubsch Gambit – D00 – 1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.e4 Nxe4 4.Nxe4 dxe4 4.Bc4

Blumenfeld Gambit

• Blumenfeld Gambit – E10 – 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nf3 b5.

Budapest Gambit

• 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

Caro-Kann Defence

• Alekhine Gambit – B15 – 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Bd3
• Godley Gambit 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 Nf6!?
• Rasa-Studier gambit - B15 - 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.f3

Catalan Opening

• Catalan Queens Gambit – E00 – 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3

Danish Gambit

• Danish Gambit – C21 – 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3
• Halasz Gambit – C21 – 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.f4

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

Elephant Gambit

• Queen's Pawn Countergambit (Elephant Gambit, Maroczy Gambit) – C40 – 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d5

English Opening

• Bellon Gambit – A22 – 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 e4 4.Ng5 b5
• Jaenisch Gambit – A10 – 1.c4 b5

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

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

Four Knights Game

• Belgrade Gambit – C47 – 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nd5
• Halloween Gambit (Müller-Schultze) Gambit – C47 – 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nxe5

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
• Alapin Gambit – C00 – 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Be3
• Reti Gambit – C00 – 1.e4 e6 2.b3 d5 3.Be2
• Winawer, Alekhine (Maroczy) gambit - C15 - 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Ne2
• Winawer, Alekhine gambit - C15 - 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Ne2 dxe4 5.a3 Bxc3+
• Winawer, Alekhine gambit, Kan variation - C15 - 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Ne2 dxe4 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Nxc3 Nc6
• Winawer, Alekhine gambit, Alatortsev variation - C15 - 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Ne2 dxe4 5.a3 Be7 6.Nxe4 Nf6 7.N2g3 O-O 8.Be2 Nc6
• Diemer-Duhm Gambit - C00 - 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.c4
• French: Wing gambit - C00 - 1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e5 c5 4.b4

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

Grünfeld Defense

• Grünfeld Gambit – D83 – 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 O-O

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+

King's Indian Defense

• Danube Gambit – E60 – 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.d5 b5

King's Pawn Opening

• Chicago Gambit – C44 – 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nxe5 Nxe5 4.d4

Latvian Gambit

• Svendenborg's Variation – 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

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

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

Ponziani Opening

• Ponziani Countergambit – C44 – 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 f5

Queen's Pawn Opening

• Steinitz Countergambit – D00 – 1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 c5

Queen's Gambit Accepted

• Alekhine Defense – D22 – 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 a6 4.e3

Queen's Gambit

• Queens Gambit – D06 – 1.d4 d5 2.c4

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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}

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
• Hopkins Gambit – C77 – 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.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

Scandinavian 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

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

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
• Anti-Moscow Gambit – D44 – 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 g5 7.Bg3 dxc4 8.e4

Sicilian Defence

• 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
• Kasparov Gambit – B44 – 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7.N1c3 a6 8. Na3 d5
• 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

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

Sokolsky Opening

• Tartakower (Fischer) Gambit – A00 – 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 f6 3.e4

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

Torre Attack

• Wagner Gambit – A46 – 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 c5 4.e4

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

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

Ware Opening

• Ware Gambit – A00 – 1.a4 e5 2.a5 d5 3.e3 f5 4.a6

External links

• Indice dei gambetti in ordine alfabetico per nome (Italian)