Blunderbase

King's Gambit Accepted

The King's Gambit Accepted starts 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4. The opening book names 127 variations of it, under ECO C33 to C39.

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All 127 King's Gambit Accepted variations

  • C33Basman Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Qe2
  • C33Bishop's Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4
  • C33Bishop's Gambit, Anderssen Defense1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 g5
  • C33Bishop's Gambit, Anderssen Variation1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d5 4. Bxd5 c6
  • C33Bishop's Gambit, Bledow Countergambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d5 4. Bxd5 Nf6
  • C33Bishop's Gambit, Bledow Variation1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d5
  • C33Bishop's Gambit, Boden Variation1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 Nc6
  • C33Bishop's Gambit, Bogoljubow Defense1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6
  • C33Bishop's Gambit, Bogoljubow Variation1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3
  • C33Bishop's Gambit, Boren-Svenonius Variation1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d5 4. Bxd5 Qh4+ 5. Kf1 Bd6
  • C33Bishop's Gambit, Bryan Countergambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 b5
  • C33Bishop's Gambit, Chigorin's Attack1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 d5 5. Bxd5 g5 6. g3
  • C33Bishop's Gambit, Classical Defense1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 Ne7 5. Nc3 g5 6. d4 Bg7
  • C33Bishop's Gambit, Classical Defense, Cozio Attack1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 g5 5. Qf3
  • C33Bishop's Gambit, Cozio Defense1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6
  • C33Bishop's Gambit, Cozio Variation1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 d6
  • C33Bishop's Gambit, First Jaenisch Variation1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 Nf6
  • C33Bishop's Gambit, Fraser Variation1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 g5 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. g3 fxg3 7. Qf3
  • C33Bishop's Gambit, Gianutio Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 f5
  • C33Bishop's Gambit, Greco Variation1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 Bc5
  • C33Bishop's Gambit, Grimm Attack1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 g5 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. d4 d6 7. e5
  • C33Bishop's Gambit, Kieseritzky Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 b5
  • C33Bishop's Gambit, Lopez Defense1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 c6
  • C33Bishop's Gambit, Lopez Variation1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 g5
  • C33Bishop's Gambit, Maurian Defense1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nc6
  • C33Bishop's Gambit, McDonnell Attack1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 g5 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. d4 Ne7 7. g3 (also reached by 1 other move order)
  • C33Bishop's Gambit, Paulsen Attack1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e5
  • C33Bishop's Gambit, Steinitz Defense1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Ne7
  • C33Breyer Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Qf3
  • C33Carrera Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Qh5
  • C33Dodo Variation1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Qg4
  • C33Eisenberg Variation1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nh3
  • C33Gaga Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. g3
  • C33Lopez-Gianutio Countergambit, Hein Variation1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 f5 4. Qe2 Qh4+ 5. Kd1 fxe4 6. Nc3 Kd8
  • C33Mason-Keres Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nc3
  • C33Orsini Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. b3
  • C33Paris Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Ne2
  • C33Schurig Gambit, with Bb51. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bb5
  • C33Schurig Gambit, with Bd31. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bd3
  • C33Stamma Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. h4
  • C33Tartakower Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Be2
  • C33Tartakower Gambit, Weiss Defense1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Be2 f5 4. exf5 d6
  • C33Tumbleweed1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Kf2
  • C33Villemson Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. d4
  • C34Becker Defense1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 h6
  • C34Bonsch-Osmolovsky Variation1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Ne7
  • C34Fischer Defense1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d6
  • C34Fischer Defense, Schulder Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d6 4. b4
  • C34Fischer Defense, Spanish Variation1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd3
  • C34Gianutio Countergambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 f5
  • C34Greco Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 h6 5. d4 g5 6. h4 Bg7 (also reached by 1 other move order)
  • C34King's Knight's Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 (also reached by 3 other move orders)
  • C34MacLeod Defense1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nc6
  • C34Schallopp Defense1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nf6
  • C34Schallopp Defense, Tashkent Attack1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Nh5 5. g4
  • C34Wagenbach Defense1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 h5
  • C35Cunningham Defense1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Be7
  • C35Cunningham Defense, Bertin Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Be7 4. Bc4 Bh4+ 5. g3 (also reached by 1 other move order)
  • C35Cunningham Defense, McCormick Defense1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Be7 4. Bc4 Nf6
  • C36Abbazia Defense1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6
  • C36Abbazia Defense, Main Line1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bb5+ c6 6. dxc6 bxc6 7. Bc4 Nd5
  • C36Modern Defense1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 (also reached by 1 other move order)
  • C37Australian Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. h4
  • C37Blachly Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bc4 g5
  • C37Double Muzio Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. O-O gxf3 6. Qxf3 Qf6 7. e5 Qxe5 8. Bxf7+
  • C37Double Muzio Gambit, Baldwin Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. O-O gxf3 6. Qxf3 Qf6 7. Nc3 Qd4+ 8. Kh1 Qxc4 9. Nd5
  • C37Double Muzio Gambit, Bello Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. O-O gxf3 6. Qxf3 Qf6 7. Nc3
  • C37Double Muzio Gambit, Paulsen Defense1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. O-O gxf3 6. Qxf3 Qf6 7. e5 Qxe5 8. d3 Bh6 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. Bd2 Nbc6 11. Rae1
  • C37Double Muzio Gambit, Young Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. O-O gxf3 6. Qxf3 Qf6 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7 8. d4 Qxd4+ 9. Be3 Qf6 10. Nc3 fxe3
  • C37Ghulam-Kassim Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. d4 (also reached by 1 other move order)
  • C37Kotov Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. d4 gxf3 6. Bxf4
  • C37Lolli Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. Bxf7+
  • C37Lolli Gambit, Young Variation1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. Bxf7+ Kxf7 6. O-O gxf3 7. Qxf3 Qf6 8. d4 Qxd4+ 9. Be3 Qf6 10. Nc3
  • C37McDonnell Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. Nc3
  • C37Middleton Countergambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 d6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. hxg4 hxg4
  • C37Muzio Gambit Accepted, From's Defense1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. O-O gxf3 6. Qxf3 Qe7
  • C37Muzio Gambit, Brentano Defense1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. O-O d5
  • C37Muzio Gambit, Holloway Defense1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. O-O gxf3 6. Qxf3 Nc6
  • C37Muzio Gambit, Kling and Horwitz Counterattack1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. O-O Qe7
  • C37Muzio Gambit, Sarratt Defense1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. O-O gxf3 6. Qxf3 Qf6
  • C37Muzio Gambit, Wild Muzio Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. O-O
  • C37Quaade Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Nc3
  • C37Rosentreter Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. d4
  • C37Rosentreter Gambit, Bird Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. d4 g4 5. Ne5 Qh4+ 6. g3
  • C37Rosentreter Gambit, Sörensen Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. d4 g4 5. Nc3
  • C37Rosentreter Gambit, Testa Variation1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. d4 g4 5. Bxf4
  • C37Salvio Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. Ne5
  • C37Salvio Gambit, Anderssen Counterattack1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. Ne5 Qh4+ 6. Kf1 Nh6 7. d4 d6
  • C37Salvio Gambit, Cochrane Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. Ne5 Qh4+ 6. Kf1 f3
  • C37Salvio Gambit, Santa Maria Defense1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. Ne5 Qh4+ 6. Kf1 Nf6
  • C37Salvio Gambit, Silberschmidt Defense1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. Ne5 Qh4+ 6. Kf1 Nh6
  • C37Salvio Gambit, Viennese Variation1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. Ne5 Qh4+ 6. Kf1 Nc6
  • C37Silberschmidt Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. Ne5 Qh4+ 6. Kf1 Nh6 7. d4 f3
  • C37Sörensen Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. d4 g4 5. Ne5
  • C38Hanstein Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. O-O
  • C38Mayet Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. d4 d6 6. c3
  • C38Philidor Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. h4
  • C38Philidor Gambit, Schultz Variation1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 h6 4. Bc4 d6 5. d4 g5 6. h4 Bg7 7. Qd3
  • C38Traditional Variation1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Bg7
  • C39Allgaier Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ng5
  • C39Allgaier Gambit, Thorold Attack1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ng5 h6 6. Nxf7 Kxf7 7. d4
  • C39Allgaier Gambit, Urusov Attack1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ng5 h6 6. Nxf7 Kxf7 7. Bc4+
  • C39Allgaier, Blackburne Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ng5 h6 6. Nxf7 Kxf7 7. Nc3
  • C39Allgaier, Cook Variation1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ng5 h6 6. Nxf7 Kxf7 7. d4 d5 8. Bxf4 dxe4 9. Bc4+ Kg7 10. Be5+
  • C39Allgaier, Horny Defense1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ng5 h6 6. Nxf7 Kxf7 7. Qxg4 Nf6 8. Qxf4 Bd6
  • C39Allgaier, Schlechter Defense1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ng5 Nf6
  • C39Allgaier, Urusov Attack1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ng5 h6 6. Nxf7 Kxf7 7. Bc4+ d5 8. Bxd5+ Kg7 9. d4
  • C39Kieseritzky Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5
  • C39Kieseritzky Gambit, Anderssen Defense1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Nf6 6. Bc4 d5 7. exd5 Bd6
  • C39Kieseritzky Gambit, Anderssen-Cordel Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Nf6 6. Bc4 d5 7. exd5 Bd6 8. d4 Nh5 9. Bxf4 Nxf4
  • C39Kieseritzky Gambit, Berlin Defense1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Nf6
  • C39Kieseritzky Gambit, Berlin Defense, Rubinstein Variation1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Nf6 6. d4
  • C39Kieseritzky Gambit, Berlin Defense, de Riviere Variation1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Nf6 6. Nxg4 d5
  • C39Kieseritzky Gambit, Brentano Defense1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 d5 (also reached by 1 other move order)
  • C39Kieseritzky Gambit, Brentano Defense, Caro Variation1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 d5 6. d4 Nf6 7. Bxf4 Nxe4 8. Nd2
  • C39Kieseritzky Gambit, Cotter Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ng5 h6 6. Nxf7
  • C39Kieseritzky Gambit, Kolisch Defense1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 d6
  • C39Kieseritzky Gambit, Long Whip1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 h5
  • C39Kieseritzky Gambit, Neumann Defense1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Nc6
  • C39Kieseritzky Gambit, Paulsen Defense1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Bg7
  • C39Kieseritzky Gambit, Paulsen Defense Deferred1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Nf6 6. Bc4 d5 7. exd5 Bg7
  • C39Kieseritzky Gambit, Rice Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Nf6 6. Bc4 d5 7. exd5 Bd6 8. O-O Bxe5
  • C39Kieseritzky Gambit, Rosenthal Defense1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Qe7
  • C39Kieseritzky, Long Whip Defense, Jaenisch Variation1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 h5 6. Bc4 Rh7 7. d4 Bh6 8. Nc3
  • C39Kieseritzky, Polerio Defense1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Be7
  • C39Kieseritzky, Rice Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Nf6 6. Bc4 d5 7. exd5 Bd6 8. O-O
  • C39Kieseritzky, Salvio Defense, Cozio Variation1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Qe7 6. d4 f5 7. Bc4

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