- List of chess gambits
This is a list of
chess opening s that aregambit s.The gambits are organized into sections by the parent chess opening, giving the gambit name, ECO code, and defining moves inalgebraic chess notation .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
Amar Opening * Amar Gambit – A00 – 1.Nh3 d5 2.g3 e5 3.f4
* Paris Gambit – A00 – 1.Nh3 d5 2.f3 e5 3.e4 f5Benko 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 exf4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g4
* Williams Gambit – A03 – 1.f4 d5 2.e4Bishop'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.b4Blackmar-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.f3Blumenfeld 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 d6Caro-Kann Defence * Alekhine Gambit – B15 – 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Bd3
Catalan Opening * Catalan Queens Gambit – E00 – 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3
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 Nf6Danish Gambit * Danish Gambit – C21 – 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3
* Mo Gambit - C21 - 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.f4Dutch 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.e4Elephant 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 b5Englund Gambit * Charlick Gambit – A40 – 1.d4 e5
* Englund Gambit – A40 – 1.d4 e5 2.dxe5 Nc6 3.Nf3 Qe7 4.Qd5 f6 5.exf6 Nxf6Evans 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.b4Four 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.Nxe5French 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.Be2Giuoco 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 * 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 f5Petrov'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.Bc4Philidor 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 f5Ponziani 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
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
* 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 f5Scotch 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.Bc4Semi-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.Bd2Sicilian 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.e5Slav 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 e5Sokolsky 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 cxd4Torre 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 Bc5Vienna 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.f4Ware Opening * Ware Gambit – A00 – 1.a4 e5 2.a5 d5 3.e3 f5 4.a6
External links
* [http://chess.about.com/library/weekly/aa04g10.htm Guide to Chess Gambits (Part 1)]
* [http://chess.about.com/library/weekly/aa04g31.htm Guide to Chess Gambits (Part 2)]
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