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King's Gambit Accepted

What is the King's Gambit Accepted?

The King's Gambit Accepted is a chess opening that begins with 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4. It is classified under ECO C33–C39 and has 137 named variations. Black chooses it with the move exf4.

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Moves: 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4

ECO: C33–C39

Chosen by: Black

Main variations

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Basman Gambit C33
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Qe2
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Bishop's Gambit C33
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4
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Breyer Gambit C33
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Qf3
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Carrera Gambit C33
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Qh5
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Dodo Variation C33
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Qg4
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Eisenberg Variation C33
1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nh3

All 137 variations

ECOVariationMoves
C33Main line1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4
C33Basman Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Qe2
C33Bishop's Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4
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
C34King's Knight's Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3
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
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
C33Bishop's Gambit, Anderssen Defense1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 g5
C33Bishop's Gambit, Bledow Variation1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d5
C33Bishop's Gambit, Cozio Defense1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6
C33Bishop's Gambit, Gianutio Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 f5
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, Maurian Defense1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nc6
C33Bishop's Gambit, Steinitz Defense1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Ne7
C34Bonsch-Osmolovsky Variation1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Ne7
C35Cunningham Defense1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Be7
C34Fischer Defense1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d6
C34Gianutio Countergambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 f5
C34King's Knight's Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5
C34MacLeod Defense1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nc6
C36Modern Defense1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5
C34Schallopp Defense1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nf6
C34Wagenbach Defense1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 h5
C33Bishop's Gambit, Bogoljubow Variation1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3
C34Fischer Defense, Schulder Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d6 4. b4
C37King's Knight's Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4
C39King's Knight's Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4
C36Modern Defense1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5
C37Quaade Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Nc3
C37Rosentreter Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. d4
C36Abbazia Defense1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6
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, 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, Bryan Countergambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 b5
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, Greco Variation1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 Bc5
C33Bishop's Gambit, Lopez Variation1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 g5
C37Blachly Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. Bc4 g5
C35Cunningham Defense, McCormick Defense1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Be7 4. Bc4 Nf6
C33Tartakower Gambit, Weiss Defense1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Be2 f5 4. exf5 d6
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
C37Australian Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. h4
C33Bishop's Gambit, Classical Defense, Cozio Attack1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 g5 5. Qf3
C33Bishop's Gambit, Paulsen Attack1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e5
C35Cunningham Defense, Bertin Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Be7 4. Bc4 Bh4+ 5. g3
C34Fischer Defense, Spanish Variation1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd3
C37Ghulam-Kassim Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. d4
C38Hanstein Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. O-O
C39Kieseritzky Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5
C37Lolli Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. Bxf7+
C37McDonnell Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. Nc3
C37Muzio Gambit, Wild Muzio Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. O-O
C38Philidor Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. h4
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
C34Schallopp Defense, Tashkent Attack1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Nh5 5. g4
C37Sörensen Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. d4 g4 5. Ne5
C39Allgaier, Schlechter Defense1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ng5 Nf6
C33Bishop's Gambit, Boren-Svenonius Variation1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d5 4. Bxd5 Qh4+ 5. Kf1 Bd6
C39Kieseritzky Gambit, Berlin Defense1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Nf6
C39Kieseritzky Gambit, Brentano Defense1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 d5
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, Rosenthal Defense1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Qe7
C39Kieseritzky, Polerio Defense1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Be7
C37Muzio Gambit, Brentano Defense1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. O-O d5
C37Muzio Gambit, Kling and Horwitz Counterattack1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. O-O Qe7
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, McDonnell Attack1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 g5 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. g3
C37Ghulam-Kassim Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. d4 gxf3 6. Qxf3
C39Kieseritzky Gambit, Berlin Defense, Rubinstein Variation1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Nf6 6. d4
C39Kieseritzky Gambit, Cotter Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ng5 h6 6. Nxf7
C37Kotov Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. d4 gxf3 6. Bxf4
C38Mayet Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. d4 d6 6. c3
C37Rosentreter Gambit, Bird Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. d4 g4 5. Ne5 Qh4+ 6. g3
C33Bishop's Gambit, Classical Defense1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 Ne7 5. Nc3 g5 6. d4 Bg7
C34Greco Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 h6 5. d4 g5 6. h4 Bg7
C39Kieseritzky Gambit, Berlin Defense, de Riviere Variation1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Nf6 6. Nxg4 d5
C33Lopez-Gianutio Countergambit, Hein Variation1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 f5 4. Qe2 Qh4+ 5. Kd1 fxe4 6. Nc3 Kd8
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, Holloway Defense1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. O-O gxf3 6. Qxf3 Nc6
C37Muzio Gambit, Sarratt Defense1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. O-O gxf3 6. Qxf3 Qf6
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
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
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, Grimm Attack1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 g5 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. d4 d6 7. e5
C33Bishop's Gambit, McDonnell Attack1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 g5 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. d4 Ne7 7. g3
C35Cunningham Defense, Bertin Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Be7 4. Bc4 Bh4+ 5. g3 fxg3 6. O-O gxh2+ 7. Kh1
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
C39Kieseritzky Gambit, Brentano Defense1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 d5 6. d4 Nf6 7. Bxf4
C39Kieseritzky, Salvio Defense, Cozio Variation1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Qe7 6. d4 f5 7. Bc4
C38Philidor Gambit, Schultz Variation1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 h6 4. Bc4 d6 5. d4 g5 6. h4 Bg7 7. Qd3
C36Abbazia Defense, Main Line1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Bb5+ c6 6. dxc6 bxc6 7. Bc4 Nd5
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, Paulsen Defense Deferred1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Nf6 6. Bc4 d5 7. exd5 Bg7
C37Middleton Countergambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 d6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. hxg4 hxg4
C37Salvio Gambit, Anderssen Counterattack1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. Ne5 Qh4+ 6. Kf1 Nh6 7. d4 d6
C37Silberschmidt Gambit1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. Ne5 Qh4+ 6. Kf1 Nh6 7. d4 f3
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+
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, 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, 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
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
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
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
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
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
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+
C38Greco Gambit1. 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
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
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
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

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