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List of Chess Gambits
List of Chess Gambits
CHESS OPENINGS
CONTENTS
1 Albin Counter gambit
2 Alekhine's Defence
3 Amar Opening
4 Benko Gambit
5 Benko Opening
6 Bird's Opening
7 Bishop's Opening
8 Blackmar–Diemer Gambit
9 Blumenfeld Gambit
10 Budapest Gambit
11 Caro–Kann Defence
12 Catalan Opening
13 Danish Gambit
14 Dutch Defence
15 Elephant Gambit
16 English Opening
17 Englund Gambit
18 Evans Gambit
19 Four Knights Game
20 French Defence
21 Giuoco Piano
22 Grünfeld Defence
23 Italian Game
24 King's Gambit
25 King's Indian Defence
26 King's Pawn Opening
27 Latvian Gambit
28 Nimzowitsch Defence
29 Petrov's Defence
30 Philidor Defence
31 Ponziani Opening
32 Queen's Gambit
33 Queen's Gambit Accepted
34 Queen's Pawn Opening
35 Reti Opening
36 Ruy Lopez
37 Scandinavian Defense
38 Scotch Game
39 Semi-Slav Defense
40 Sicilian Defence
41 Slav Defense
42 Sokolsky Opening
43 Tarrasch Defense
44 Torre Attack
45 Two Knights Defence
46 Vienna Game
47 Ware Opening
1. Albin Countergambit
Albin Countergambit – D08 – 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5
2. 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[1]
3. Amar Opening
Paris Gambit – A00 – 1.Nh3 d5 2.g3 e5 3.f4 Bxh3 4.Bxh3 exf4
Gent Gambit – A00 – 1.Nh3 d5 2.g3 e5 3.f4 Bxh3 4.Bxh3 exf4 5.0-0 fxg3 6.hxg3
4. Benko Gambit
Benko Gambit (Volga Gambit) – A57 – 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5
5. Benko Opening
Dada Gambit – A00 – 1.g3 e5 2.Bg2 d5 3.b4
6. Bird's Opening
From Gambit – A02 – 1.f4 e5
7. Bishop's Opening
Boden–Kieseritzky Gambit – C24 – 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nxe4 4.Nc3
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 8.0-0 gxh2+ 9.Kh1
Greco Gambit – C24 – 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.f4
Khan Gambit – C23 – 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d5
Lewis Countergambit – C23 – 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.c3 d5
Lewis Gambit – C23 – 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.d4
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
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.b4
8. Blackmar–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.f3 - also 1.d4 d5
2.Nc3 Nf6 3.e4 dxe4 4.f3
Ryder Gambit – D00 – 1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 exf3 5.Qxf3
Hubsch Gambit – D00 – 1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.e4 Nxe4 4.Nxe4 dxe4 4.Bc4
9. Blumenfeld Gambit
Blumenfeld Counter Gambit – E10 – 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 b5
Ross Gambit-1.Nf3 e5
Herrstrom Gambit 1.Nf3 g5
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 Bc5
References
1.
Hooper, David; Whyld, Kenneth (1996). "Appendix I - Openings". The Oxford Companion to
Chess (2 ed.). Oxford University. pp. 461–480. ISBN 0-19-280049-3.
2. Defined as 1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.Qe2 "if White follows up with Pf2-f4"