Blunderbase

King's Gambit Declined

The King's Gambit Declined starts 1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5. The opening book names 50 variations of it, under ECO C30 to C32.

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All 50 King's Gambit Declined variations

  • C30Classical Variation1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 (also reached by 1 other move order)
  • C30Classical Variation, Euwe Attack1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. c3 Bg4 5. fxe5 dxe5 6. Qa4+
  • C30Classical Variation, Rotlewi Countergambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. b4
  • C30Classical Variation, Rubinstein Countergambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. c3 f5
  • C30Classical Variation, Walthoffen Attack1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Qh5
  • C30Classical, Hanham Variation1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nd7
  • C30Classical, Réti Variation1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. c3 f5 5. fxe5 dxe5 6. d4 exd4 7. Bc4
  • C30Classical, Soldatenkov Variation1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. fxe5
  • C30Classical, Svenonius Variation1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 Bg4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. Qxf3 exf4
  • C30Hobbs-Zilbermints Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 Nc6 3. Nf3 g5 4. fxg5 h6
  • C30Keene Defense1. e4 e5 2. f4 Qh4+ 3. g3 Qe7
  • C30Keene's Defense1. e4 e5 2. f4 Qh4+ (also reached by 1 other move order)
  • C30Mafia Defense1. e4 c5 2. f4 e5
  • C30Miles Defense1. e4 e5 2. f4 Nc6 3. Nf3 f5
  • C30Norwalde Variation1. e4 e5 2. f4 Qf6
  • C30Norwalde Variation, Bücker Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 Qf6 3. Nc3 Qxf4 4. Nf3 Bb4 5. Bc4
  • C30Norwalde Variation, Schubert Variation1. e4 e5 2. f4 Qf6 3. Nc3 Qxf4 4. d4
  • C30Panteldakis Countergambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 f5
  • C30Panteldakis Countergambit, Greco Variation1. e4 e5 2. f4 f5 3. exf5 Qh4+
  • C30Panteldakis Countergambit, Pawn Sacrifice Line1. e4 e5 2. f4 f5 3. exf5 exf4 4. Qh5+ g6 5. fxg6 Qe7+ 6. Kd1
  • C30Panteldakis Countergambit, Schiller's Defense1. e4 e5 2. f4 f5 3. exf5 Bc5
  • C30Panteldakis Countergambit, Shirazi Line1. e4 e5 2. f4 f5 3. exf5 exf4 4. Qh5+ Ke7
  • C30Panteldakis Countergambit, Symmetrical Variation1. e4 e5 2. f4 f5 3. exf5 exf4 4. Nf3 d5 5. d4 Bd6 6. Bd3
  • C30Petrov's Defense1. e4 e5 2. f4 Nf6
  • C30Queen's Knight Defense1. e4 e5 2. f4 Nc6
  • C30Senechaud Countergambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 g5
  • C30Soller-Zilbermints Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 f6 3. fxe5 Nc6
  • C30Zilbermints Double Countergambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 g5
  • C30Zilbermints Double Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 Nc6 3. Nf3 g5
  • C31Falkbeer Countergambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5
  • C31Falkbeer Countergambit Accepted1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5
  • C31Falkbeer Countergambit, Anderssen Attack1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. Bb5+
  • C31Falkbeer Countergambit, Blackburne Attack1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. Nf3
  • C31Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. d3 (also reached by 1 other move order)
  • C31Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Gambit, Morphy Defense1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 d5 4. exd5 e4 5. d3 Bb4 6. Bd2 e3
  • C31Falkbeer Countergambit, Hinrichsen Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. d4
  • C31Falkbeer Countergambit, Miles Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 Bc5
  • C31Falkbeer Countergambit, Milner-Barry Variation1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. Nc3
  • C31Falkbeer Countergambit, Modern Transfer1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 exf4
  • C31Falkbeer Countergambit, Nimzowitsch-Marshall Countergambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 c6
  • C31Falkbeer Countergambit, Pickler Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 c6 4. dxc6 Bc5
  • C31Falkbeer Countergambit, Rubinstein Variation1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Qe2
  • C31Falkbeer Countergambit, Staunton Line1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4
  • C32Falkbeer Countergambit, Alapin Variation1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. d3 Nf6 5. dxe4 Nxe4 6. Nf3 Bc5 7. Qe2 Bf2+ 8. Kd1 Qxd5+ 9. Nfd2
  • C32Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Gambit Accepted1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. d3 Nf6 5. dxe4
  • C32Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Gambit, Keres Variation1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. d3 Nf6 5. Nd2
  • C32Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Gambit, Main Line1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. d3 Nf6 5. dxe4 Nxe4 6. Nf3 Bc5 7. Qe2 Bf5
  • C32Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Gambit, Old Line1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. d3 Nf6 5. Qe2
  • C32Falkbeer Countergambit, Charousek Variation1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. d3 Nf6 5. dxe4 Nxe4 6. Qe2 Qxd5 7. Nd2 f5 8. g4
  • C32Falkbeer Countergambit, Tarrasch Variation1. e4 e5 2. f4 d5 3. exd5 e4 4. d3 Nf6 5. dxe4 Nxe4 6. Nf3 Bc5 7. Qe2 Bf5 8. g4 O-O

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