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Here against my better judgement, I will be revealing to the world my thoughts on current opening theory.

List of chess gambits

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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
Gambit Side ECO Opening Gambit Eval Variation
Black D08 Albin Countergambit Albin Countergambit +56 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5
White B02 Alekhine's Defence Alekhine Gambit -10 1.e4 Nf6 2.e5 Nd5 3.c4 Nb6 4.d4 d6 5.Nf3 Bg4 6.Be2 dxe5 7.Nxe5
White A00 Amar Opening Amar Gambit -37 1.Nh3 d5 2.g3 e5 3.f4
Black A00 Amar Opening Paris Gambit +4 1.Nh3 d5 2.f3 e5 3.e4 f5
Black A57 Benko Gambit Benko Gambit (Volga Gambit) +12 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
White A00 Benko Opening Dada Gambit -52 1.g3 e5 2.Bg2 d5 3.b4
White A43 Benoni Defence Zilbermints Gambit -44 1.d4 c5 2.b4
Black A02 Bird's Opening From Gambit +25 1.f4 e5
White A03 Bird's Opening Sturm Gambit +0 1.f4 d5 2.c4
White A02 Bird's Opening Swiss Gambit -37 1.f4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g4
White A03 Bird's Opening Williams Gambit -85 1.f4 d5 2.e4
Black C23 Bishop's Opening Calabrian Countergambit +81 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 f5
White C23 Bishop's Opening Four Pawns Gambit -47 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
White C24 Bishop's Opening Greco Gambit -50 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.f4 Nxe4
White C23 Bishop's Opening Jerome Gambit -133 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.Bxf7+ Kxf7
Black C23 Bishop's Opening Lewis Countergambit +7 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.c3 d5
White C23 Bishop's Opening Lopez Gambit -17 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.Qe2 Nf6 4.d3 Nc6 5.c3 Ne7 6.f4
White C23 Bishop's Opening McDonnell Double Gambit -114 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.b4 Bxb4 4.f4
White C23 Bishop's Opening Petroff Gambit +60 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.Nf3 d6 4.c3 Qe7 5.d4
White C24 Bishop's Opening Ponziani Gambit -1 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d4
White C24 Bishop's Opening Urusov (Ponziani) Gambit +1 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nf3
White C23 Bishop's Opening Wing Gambit -114 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.b4
White D00 Blackmar-Diemer Gambit Blackmar Gambit -40 1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.f3
White D00 Blackmar-Diemer Gambit Blackmar-Diemer Gambit -40 1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3
Black E10 Blumenfeld Gambit Blumenfeld Gambit +18 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 e6 4.Nf3 b5
Black A51 Budapest Gambit Budapest Gambit +55 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5
Black A51 Budapest Gambit Farajowicz Gambit +78 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4
Black A52 Budapest Gambit Balogh Gambit +54 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.e4 d6
White B15 Caro-Kann Defence Alekhine Gambit -8 1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Bd3
White E00 Catalan Opening Catalan Queens Gambit +15 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3
White C21 Danish Gambit Danish Gambit -22 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3
White C21 Danish Gambit Halasz Gambit -92 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.f4
White A80 Dutch Defence Krejcik Gambit -15 1.d4 f5 2.g4
White A83 Dutch Defence Lasker Gambit -27 1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 c6 (or 4...g6) 5.f3
White A82 Dutch Defence Staunton Gambit -22 1.d4 f5 2.e4
Black C40 Elephant Gambit Queen's Pawn Countergambit (Elephant Gambit, Maroczy Gambit) +55 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d5
Black A22 English Opening Bellon Gambit +23 1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 e4 4.Ng5 b5
Black A10 English Opening Jaenisch Gambit +63 1.c4 b5
Black A40 Englund Gambit Charlick Gambit +82 1.d4 e5
Black A40 Englund Gambit Englund Gambit +76 1.d4 e5 2.dxe5 Nc6 3.Nf3 Qe7 4.Qd5 f6 5.exf6 Nxf6
Black C51 Evans Gambit Evans Countergambit +42 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 d5
White C51 Evans Gambit Evans Gambit -37 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4
White C47 Four Knights Game Belgrade Gambit -22 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nd5
White C47 Four Knights Game Halloween Gambit (Müller-Schultze) Gambit -95 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nxe5
White C02 French Defence Milner-Barry Gambit -47 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
White C02 French Defence Nimzowitsch Gambit -41 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.Qg4
White C00 French Defence Alapin Gambit -44 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Be3
White C00 French Defence Reti Gambit -92 1.e4 e6 2.b3 d5 3.Be2
Black C50 Giuoco Piano Blackburne Shilling Gambit +121 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nd4
White C50 Giuoco Piano Italian Gambit -6 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d4
White C50 Giuoco Piano Jerome Gambit -252 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7
Black C50 Giuoco Piano Rousseau Gambit +80 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 f5
Black D83 Grünfeld Defense Grünfeld Gambit +18 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 O-O
White C39 King's Gambit Allgaier Gambit -107 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ng5
White C35 King's Gambit Bertin (Three Pawns) Gambit -91 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Be7 4.Bc4 Bh4+ 5.g3 fxg3 6.O-O gxh2+ 7.Kh1
White C33 King's Gambit Bishop's Gambit -44 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4
White C39 King's Gambit Blackburne Gambit -107 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ng5 h6 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Nc3
White C33 King's Gambit Breyer Gambit -70 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Qf3
Black C33 King's Gambit Bryan (Kieseritzky) Countergambit -21 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 b5
White C33 King's Gambit Bryan Countergambit -21 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 Qh4+ 4.Kf1 b5
White C33 King's Gambit Carrera (Basman) Gambit -71 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Qe2
White C32 King's Gambit Charousek Gambit +0 1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 e4 4.d3 Nf6 5.dxe4 Nxe4 6.Qe2
White C35 King's Gambit Cunningham Gambit -13 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Be7
White C37 King's Gambit Double Muzio Gambit -192 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.O-O gxf3 6.Qxf3 Qf6 7.e5 Qxe5 8.Bxf7+
Black C31 King's Gambit Falkbeer Countergambit -4 1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5
White C37 King's Gambit Ghulam Khassim Gambit -162 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.d4
Black C34 King's Gambit Gianutio Countergambit +30 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 f5
White C38 King's Gambit Greco (Calabrian) Gambit -203 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
White C38 King's Gambit Hanstein Gambit -46 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 Bg7 5.O-O
White C33 King's Gambit Keres Gambit -9 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nc3
White C39 King's Gambit Kieseritzky Gambit -27 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5
White C30 King's Gambit Kings Gambit -44 1.e4 e5 2.f4
Black C33 King's Gambit Lopez-Gianutio Countergambit -10 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 f5
White C37 King's Gambit McDonnell Gambit -108 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.Nc3
Black C31 King's Gambit Morphy Gambit +0 1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 e4 4.Nc3 Nf6 5.d3 Bb4
White C37 King's Gambit Muzio Gambit -61 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.O-O
White C38 King's Gambit Philidor Gambit +0 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 Bg7 5.h4
White C37 King's Gambit Polerio Gambit -61 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4
White C37 King's Gambit Quaade Gambit -41 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Nc3
White C39 King's Gambit Rice Gambit -120 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5 Nf6 6.Bc4 d5 7.exd5 Bd6 8.O-O
White C37 King's Gambit Rosentreter Gambit -91 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.d4 g4
White C37 King's Gambit Salvio Gambit -75 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.Ne5
White C37 King's Gambit Sorensen Gambit -91 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.d4 g4 5.Ne5
White C33 King's Gambit Stamma Gambit -85 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.h4
White C33 King's Gambit Tartakower (Lesser Bishop's) Gambit -59 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Be2
White C33 King's Gambit Villemson Gambit -75 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.d4
White C37 King's Gambit Wild Muzio Gambit -116 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.Bxf7+
Black E60 King's Indian Defense Danube Gambit +7 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.d5 b5
White C44 King's Pawn Opening Chicago Gambit -121 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nxe5 Nxe5 4.d4
Black C40 Latvian Gambit Corkscrew Countergambit +208 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 3.Nxe5 Nf6 4.Bc4 fxe4 5.Nf7 Qe7 6.Nxh8 d5
Black C40 Latvian Gambit Latvian Gambit (Greco Countergambit) +79 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5
White C42 Petrov's Defence Boden-Kieseritzky Gambit -10 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nxe4 4.Nc3 Nxc3 5.dxc3 f6
White C42 Petrov's Defence Cochrane Gambit -51 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nxf7
White C43 Petrov's Defence Urusov Gambit +1 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4
White C41 Philidor Defence Locock Gambit -30 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Ng5 h6 5.Nxf7
Black C41 Philidor Defence Lopez Countergambit +91 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5
Black C41 Philidor Defence Philidor Countergambit +91 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5
Black C44 Ponziani Opening Ponziani Countergambit +19 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 f5
Black D00 Queen's Pawn Opening Steinitz Countergambit +10 1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 c5
White D22 Queen's Gambit Accepted Alekhine Defense +19 1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.Nf3 a6 4.e3
White D06 Queen's Gambit Queens Gambit +18 1.d4 d5 2.c4
White A04 Reti Opening Lisitsin Gambit -13 1.Nf3 f5 2.e4
White A09 Reti Opening Reti (Landstrasse) Gambit -1 1.Nf3 d5 2.c4
White A06 Reti Opening Tennison (Lemberg) Gambit -26 1.Nf3 d5 2.e4 {also 1.e4 d5 2.Nf3}
Black C68 Ruy Lopez Alapin Gambit +19 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.O-O Bg4 6.h3 h5
White C84 Ruy Lopez Basque Gambit -28 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.d4 exd4 7.e5 Ne4 8.c3
White C80 Ruy Lopez Harksen Gambit -120 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.c4
White C89 Ruy Lopez Marshall Gambit +38 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
Black C63 Ruy Lopez Schliemann (Jaenisch) Gambit +67 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5
White B01 Scandinavian Defense Kotrc-Mieses Gambit +5 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.b4
Black B01 Scandinavian Defense Marshall Gambit +47 1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6
White C44 Scotch Game Goring Gambit -22 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.c3
White C44 Scotch Game Relfsson Gambit -16 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bb5
White C44 Scotch Game Scotch Gambit +1 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4
White D44 Semi-Slav Defense Anti-Meran Gambit +0 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.Bg5
White D31 Semi-Slav Defense Marshall Gambit -19 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e4 dxe4 5.Nxe4 Bb4+ 6.Bd2
White B21 Sicilian Defence Andreaschek Gambit +3 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.Nf3 e5 4.c3
White B52 Sicilian Defence Bronstein Gambit +0 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.O-O Nc6 6.c3 Nf6 7.d4
Black B44 Sicilian Defence Kasparov Gambit +33 1.e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Nf6 7.N1c3 a6 8. Na3 d5
White B32 Sicilian Defence Morra Gambit +3 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.c3
Black B29 Sicilian Defence Rubinstein Countergambit +28 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nc3 e6 5.Nxd5 exd5 6.d4 Nc6
White B45 Sicilian Defence Sicilian Gambit +2 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be2 Bb4 7.O-O
White B21 Sicilian Defence Smith-Morra Gambit -6 1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3
White B50 Sicilian Defence Wing Gambit Deferred [Sicilian 2...d6] -18 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 (or 2...e6) 3.b4
White B20 Sicilian Defence Wing Gambit -22 1.e4 c5 2.b4
White B73 Sicilian Defence Zollner Gambit -44 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
White D15 Slav Defense Slav Gambit -18 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4
White D15 Slav Defense Tolusch-Geller Gambit -18 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 b5 6.e5
Black D10 Slav Defense Winawer Countergambit +71 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 e5
White A00 Sokolsky Opening Tartakower (Fischer) Gambit -22 1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 f6 3.e4
White D32 Tarrasch Defense Marshall Gambit -18 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.e4
Black D32 Tarrasch Defense Tarrasch Gambit +18 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.dxc5 d4 6.Na4 b5
Black D32 Tarrasch Defense Von Hennig-Schara Gambit (Hennig-Schara Gambit, Schara Hennig Countergambit) +26 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 cxd4
White A46 Torre Attack Wagner Gambit -11 1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 c5 4.e4
White C55 Two Knights Defense Boden-Kieseritzky Gambit -14 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Nc3 Nxe4 5.O-O
White C57 Two Knights Defense Fegatello/Fried Liver Attack +33 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.ed Nxd5 6.Nxf7
White C58 Two Knights Defense Two Knights' Gambit +33 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5
Black C57 Two Knights Defense Wilkes-Barre/Traxler variation +178 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 Bc5
White C27 Vienna Game Adams Gambit -36 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nxe4 4.Qh5 Nd6 5.Bb3 Nc6 6.d4
White C25 Vienna Game Fyfe Gambit -38 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.d4
White C25 Vienna Game Hamppe-Allgaier Gambit -87 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 exf4 4.Nf3 g5 5.h4 g4 6.Ng5
White C25 Vienna Game Hamppe-Muzio Gambit -111 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 exf4 4.Nf3 g5 5.Bc4 g4 6.O-O
White C25 Vienna Game Pierce Gambit -105 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 exf4 4.Nf3 g5 5.d4 g4 6.Bc4
White C25 Vienna Game Steinitz Gambit -50 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 exf4 4.d4
White C29 Vienna Game Vienna Gambit -304 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4
White A00 Ware Opening Ware Gambit -39 1.a4 e5 2.a5 d5 3.e3 f5 4.a6