C30-C39
King's Gambit
1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 About This Opening
The King's Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4) is the most romantic of chess openings: White offers a pawn on move two to open the f-file and launch a direct attack on the black king. It dominated the 19th century and remains a dangerous surprise weapon today.
Famous Games
- Anderssen vs Kieseritzky, 1851 (Immortal Game)
- Spassky vs Fischer, Mar del Plata 1960
Variations
157 found C30 C30 C30 C30 C30 C30 C30 C31 C31 C31 C33 C33 C33 C33 C33 C33 C33 C33 C33 C33 C33 C33 C33 C33 C30 C30 C30 C30 C30 C31 C31 C31 C32 C33 C33 C33 C33 C33 C33 C33 C34 C34 C34 C34 C34 C34 C30 C30 C31 C32 C33 C33 C34 C37 C37 C37 C30 C31 C33 C33 C33 C33 C33 C33 C33 C33 C33 C33 C35 C35 C36 C37 C32 C32 C33 C34 C34 C35 C37 C37 C37 C37 C37 C37 C37 C38 C38 C39 C39 C37 C37 C39 C39 C39 C39 C39 C39 C39 C30 C33 C34 C34 C37 C38 C39 C39 C30 C32 C37 C37 C37 C37 C37 C37 C37 C38 C39 C33 C33 C33 C36 C37 C37 C38 C39 C39 C39 C37 C39 C39 C37 C39 C39 C39 C39 C39 C39 C36 C37 C37 C39 C39 C39 C39 C39 C37 C39 C36 C37 C39 C39 C39 C39 C39 C39 C39 C39
Classical Defense, KGD
e4 e5 f4 Bc5 Mafia Defense, KGD
e4 e5 f4 c5 Panteldakis Countergambit, KGD
e4 e5 f4 f5 Zilbermints Double Countergambit; KGD
e4 e5 f4 g5 Queen's Knight Defense, KGD
e4 e5 f4 Nc6 Petrov's Defense, KGD
e4 e5 f4 Nf6 Norwalde (Norwalder) Variation, KGD
e4 e5 f4 Qf6 Hinrichsen Gambit, KGD
e4 e5 f4 d5 d4 Falkbeer Countergambit Accepted, KGD
e4 e5 f4 d5 exd5 Blackbunre Attack, KGD
e4 e5 f4 d5 Nf3 Orsini Gambit, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 b3 Schurig Gambit, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Bb5 Bishop's Gambit, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Bc4 Gaga Gambit, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 g3 Leonardo (Stamma) Gambit, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 h4 Drunken King, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Kf2 Tumbleweed; King's Own, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Kf2 Paris Gambit, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Ne2 Eisenberg Variation, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nh3 Basman Gambit, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Qe2 Bilguer-Mirage Variation, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Qe2 Breyer; Hungarian; Carrera, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Qf3 Dodo Gambit, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Qg4 Carrera Gambit, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Qh5 Senechaud Counter-Gambit, KGD
e4 e5 f4 Bc5 Nf3 g5 Soller-Zilbermints Gambit, KGD
e4 e5 f4 f6 fxe5 Nc6 Miles Defense, KGD
e4 e5 f4 Nc6 Nf3 f5 Zilbermints Double Gambit I, KGD
e4 e5 f4 Nc6 Nf3 g5 Keene Defense, KGD
e4 e5 f4 Qh4+ g3 Qe7 Miles Gambit, KGD
e4 e5 f4 d5 exd5 Bc5 Nimzovich-Marshall Variation, KGD
e4 e5 f4 d5 exd5 c6 Marshall C-G, KGD
e4 e5 f4 d5 exd5 c6 Modern Transfer, Falkbeer Countergambit, KGD
e4 e5 f4 d5 exd5 exf4 Kieseritzky Gambit, Bishop's Gambit, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Bc4 b5 Lopez Defense, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Bc4 c6 Bledow; Morphy Defense, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Bc4 d5 Gianutio Counter-Gambit, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Bc4 f5 Anderssen Defense, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Bc4 g5 Maurian Defense, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Bc4 Nc6 Requena Gambit, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nc3 Qh4+ Fischer Defense, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 d6 Gianutio Countergambit, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 f5 Becker; Anti-Kieseritzky Var, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 h6 MacLeod Defense, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 Nc6 Bonsch-Osmolovsky Variation, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 Ne7 Schallop Defense, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 Nf6 Heath Variation, KGD; Rotlewi Countergambit
e4 e5 f4 Bc5 Nf3 d6 b4 Schubert Variation, KGD
e4 e5 f4 Qf6 Nc3 Qxf4 d4 Nimzovich Variation, KGD; Anderssen Attack
e4 e5 f4 d5 exd5 e4 Bb5+ Reti (Charousek) Variation, KGD
e4 e5 f4 d5 exd5 e4 d3 Bogoljubow Variation, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Bc4 Nf6 Nc3 Gama Gambit, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 g3 fxg3 Nf3 Schulder Gambit, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 d6 b4 Ghulam Kassim; Koch Gambit, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 g5 Bc4 Rosentreter Gambit, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 g5 d4 Quaade; Taylor Variation, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 g5 Nc3 Rubinstein Countergambit, KGD
e4 e5 f4 Bc5 Nf3 d6 c3 f5 Pickler Gambit, KGD
e4 e5 f4 d5 exd5 c6 dxc6 Bc5 Bledow Countergambit, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Bc4 d5 Bxd5 Nf6 Bogoljubov; Jaenisch Variation, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Bc4 Nf6 Nc3 c6 Bryan; Kieseritzky Gambit, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Bc4 Qh4+ Kf1 b5 Greco Variation, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Bc4 Qh4+ Kf1 Bc5 Cozio Variation, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Bc4 Qh4+ Kf1 d6 Classical Defense, KGA; Lopez Variation
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Bc4 Qh4+ Kf1 g5 Boden Variation, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Bc4 Qh4+ Kf1 Nc6 Jaenisch Variation, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Bc4 Qh4+ Kf1 Nf6 Jaenisch Variation, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Bc4 Qh4+ Kf1 Qf6 Weiss Defense, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Be2 f5 exf5 d6 Wild Cunningham Gambit, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 Be7 Bc4 Bh4+ Neo-Cunningham Gambit, KGA; McCormick Defense
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 Be7 Bc4 Nf6 Abbazia Defense, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 d5 exd5 Nf6 Blachy Gambit, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 g5 Bc4 Nc6 Keres Variation, KGD
e4 e5 f4 d5 exd5 e4 d3 Nf6 Nd2 Old Line, Falkbeer Countergambit, KGD
e4 e5 f4 d5 exd5 e4 d3 Nf6 Qe2 Cozio Attack, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Bc4 Qh4+ Kf1 g5 Qf3 Tashkent Attack, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 Nf6 e5 Nh5 g4 King's Gambit: Steady Center
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 d6 d4 Nf6 Nc3 Bertin; Three Pawns Gambit, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 Be7 Bc4 Bh4+ g3 Greco-Lolli; Wild Muzio Gambit, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 g5 Bc4 g4 Bxf7+ Koch; Ghulam Kassim Gambit, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 g5 Bc4 g4 d4 Australian Gambit, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 g5 Bc4 g4 h4 MacDonnell Gambit, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 g5 Bc4 g4 Nc3 Salvio Gambit, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 g5 Bc4 g4 Ne5 Muzio-Polerio Gambit, KGA; Wild Muzio
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 g5 Bc4 g4 O-O Rosentreter-Testa Gambit, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 g5 d4 g4 Bxf4 Philidor Gambit, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 g5 Bc4 Bg7 h4 Hanstein Gambit, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 g5 Bc4 Bg7 O-O Kieseritzky Gambit, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 g5 h4 g4 Ne5 Allgaier; Cotter Cambit, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 g5 h4 g4 Ng5 Brentano Defense, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 g5 Bc4 g4 O-O d5 Kling & Horwitz Counter-Attack, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 g5 Bc4 g4 O-O Qe7 Paulsen Defense, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 g5 h4 g4 Ne5 Bg7 Campbell; Brentano; Morphy Var, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 g5 h4 g4 Ne5 d5 Green; Kolisch Variation, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 g5 h4 g4 Ne5 d6 Long Whip Variation, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 g5 h4 g4 Ne5 h5 Neumann Defense, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 g5 h4 g4 Ne5 Nc6 Berlin Defense, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 g5 h4 g4 Ne5 Nf6 Rosenthal; Stockwhip Var, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 g5 h4 g4 Ne5 Qe7 Marshall (Euwe) Attack, KGD
e4 e5 f4 Bc5 Nf3 d6 c3 Bg4 fxe5 dxe5 Qa4+ McDonnell Attack, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Bc4 Qh4+ Kf1 g5 Nc3 Bg7 g3 King's Gambit: Free Pawn
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 d6 d4 Bg4 Bxf4 Bxf3 Qxf3 King's Gambit: Strategic Retreat
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 d6 d4 g5 h4 g4 Ng1 Ghulam-Kassim Gambit, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 g5 Bc4 g4 d4 gxf3 Qxf3 Mayet Gambit, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 g5 Bc4 Bg7 d4 d6 c3 Cotter Gambit, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 g5 h4 g4 Ne5 h6 Nxf7 Rubinstein Variation, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 g5 h4 g4 Ne5 Nf6 d4 Svenonius Variation, KGD
e4 e5 f4 Bc5 Nf3 d6 Nc3 Nf6 Bc4 Nc6 d3 Bg4 Morphy Defense, KGD
e4 e5 f4 d5 exd5 e4 d3 Nf6 Nc3 Bb4 Bd2 e3 Cochrane Variation, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 g5 Bc4 g4 Ne5 Qh4+ Kf1 f3 Herzfeld; Portuguese; Vienna, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 g5 Bc4 g4 Ne5 Qh4+ Kf1 Nc6 Santa Maria Defense, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 g5 Bc4 g4 Ne5 Qh4+ Kf1 Nf6 Silberschmidt Variation, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 g5 Bc4 g4 Ne5 Qh4+ Kf1 Nh6 Holloway Defense, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 g5 Bc4 g4 O-O gxf3 Qxf3 Nc6 From Defense, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 g5 Bc4 g4 O-O gxf3 Qxf3 Qe7 Sarratt Defense, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 g5 Bc4 g4 O-O gxf3 Qxf3 Qf6 Greco Gambit, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 g5 Bc4 Bg7 h4 h6 d4 d6 Riviere Variation, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 g5 h4 g4 Ne5 Nf6 Nxg4 d5 Grimm Attack, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Bc4 Qh4+ Kf1 g5 Nc3 Bg7 d4 d6 e5 MacDonnell Attack, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Bc4 Qh4+ Kf1 g5 Nc3 Bg7 d4 Ne7 g3 Fraser Variation, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Bc4 Qh4+ Kf1 g5 Nc3 Bg7 g3 fxg3 Qf3 King's Gambit: Pawn Wedge
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 d5 exd5 Nf6 c4 c6 d4 cxd5 c5 Middleton Counter-Gambit, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 g5 Bc4 d6 O-O Bg4 h3 h5 hxg4 Bello Gambit, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 g5 Bc4 g4 O-O gxf3 Qxf3 Qf6 Nc3 Schultz Variation, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 g5 Bc4 Bg7 h4 h6 d4 d6 Qd3 Walker (Urusov) Attack, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 g5 h4 g4 Ng5 h6 Nxf7 Kxf7 Bc4+ Thorold Attack, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 g5 h4 g4 Ng5 h6 Nxf7 Kxf7 d4 King's Gambit: Development Edge
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 g5 h4 g4 Ne5 Nf6 d4 Nxe4 Bxf4 Anderssen Counter-Attack, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 g5 Bc4 g4 Ne5 Qh4+ Kf1 Nh6 d4 d6 Anderssen Defense, Kieseritsky Gambit, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 g5 h4 g4 Ne5 Nf6 Bc4 d5 exd5 Bd6 Paulsen Defense Deferred, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 g5 h4 g4 Ne5 Nf6 Bc4 d5 exd5 Bg7 Double Muzio Gambit, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 g5 Bc4 g4 O-O gxf3 Qxf3 Qf6 e5 Qxe5 Bxf7+ Rice Gambit, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 g5 h4 g4 Ne5 Nf6 Bc4 d5 exd5 Bd6 O-O Horny Defense, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 g5 h4 g4 Ng5 h6 Nxf7 Kxf7 Qxg4 Nf6 Qxf4 King's Gambit: Queen Snare
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 g5 h4 f6 Nxg5 fxg5 Qh5+ Ke7 Qxg5+ Kf7 Qxd8 King's Gambit: Calm Waters
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 g5 h4 g4 Ne5 d6 Nxg4 Nf6 Nxf6+ Qxf6 Nc3 King's Gambit: Hard Fought
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 g5 h4 g4 Ne5 Nf6 d4 d6 Nd3 Nxe4 Bxf4 Rice Gambit Accepted, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 g5 h4 g4 Ne5 Nf6 Bc4 d5 exd5 Bd6 O-O Bxe5 King's Gambit: Queen Trap
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 d5 exd5 Qxd5 Nc3 Qe6+ Be2 Bd6 O-O Nf6 Bb5+ Bd7 Re1 Young Variation, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 g5 Bc4 g4 Bxf7+ Kxf7 O-O gxf3 Qxf3 Qf6 d4 Qxd4+ Be3 Baldwin Gambit, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 g5 Bc4 g4 O-O gxf3 Qxf3 Qf6 Nc3 Qd4+ Kh1 Qxc4 Nd5 Urusov Attack, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 g5 h4 g4 Ng5 h6 Nxf7 Kxf7 Bc4+ d5 Bxd5+ Ke8 d4 King's Gambit: Pawn Riposte
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 g5 h4 g4 Ne5 h5 Bc4 Nh6 d4 d6 Nd3 Bg7 Nxf4 King's Gambit: Material Gain
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 g5 h4 f6 Nxg5 fxg5 Qh5+ Ke7 Qxg5+ Nf6 e5 Bg7 Qxg7+ King's Gambit: Pawn Advantage
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 g5 h4 g4 Ne5 d6 Nxg4 Bxg4 Qxg4 Nf6 Qxf4 Nc6 Bb5 King's Gambit: King's March
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 g5 h4 g4 Ne5 d6 Nxg4 Be7 d4 Bxh4+ Nf2 Bxf2+ Kxf2 Young Gambit, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 g5 Bc4 g4 O-O gxf3 Qxf3 Qf6 Bxf7+ Kxf7 d4 Qxd4+ Be3 Qf6 Anderssen-Cordel Gambit, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 g5 h4 g4 Ne5 Nf6 Bc4 d5 exd5 Bd6 d4 Nh5 Bxf4 Nxf4 King's Gambit: Royal Skewer
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 d5 exd5 Qxd5 Nc3 Qe6+ Be2 Bc5 d4 Bd6 O-O Nf6 Bb5+ c6 Re1 Paulsen Defense, KGA
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 g5 Bc4 g4 O-O gxf3 Qxf3 Qf6 e5 Qxe5 d3 Bh6 Nc3 Ne7 Bd2 King's Gambit: King's Crossfire
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 g5 h4 f6 Nxg5 fxg5 Qh5+ Ke7 Qxg5+ Ke8 Qh5+ Ke7 Qe5+ Kf7 Bc4+ King's Gambit: Rook Breaker
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 g5 h4 g4 Ne5 h5 Bc4 Rh7 d4 d6 Nxf7 Rxf7 Bxf7+ Kxf7 Bxf4 King's Gambit: Wandering King
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 g5 h4 g4 Ne5 d6 Nxg4 h5 Nf2 Be7 d4 Bxh4 Bxf4 Bxf2+ Kxf2 King's Gambit: Castle Siege
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 g5 h4 f6 Nxg5 fxg5 Qh5+ Ke7 Qxg5+ Nf6 e5 Kf7 Qxf4 Qe7 Be2 Bg7 O-O King's Gambit: Central Gambit
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 g5 h4 g4 Ne5 h5 Bc4 Nh6 d4 d6 Nd3 Be7 Bxf4 Bxh4+ g3 Bf6 c3 King's Gambit: Queen Rampage
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 g5 h4 g4 Ne5 h5 Bc4 Nh6 d4 d6 Nd3 f3 gxf3 gxf3 Qxf3 Bg4 Qf2 King's Gambit: King's Demolition
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 g5 h4 f6 Nxg5 fxg5 Qh5+ Ke7 Qxg5+ Nf6 e5 Rg8 exf6+ Kf7 Bc4+ d5 Bxd5+ Be6 Bxe6+ Kxe6 Qxg8+ King's Gambit: King's Escape
e4 e5 f4 exf4 Nf3 g5 h4 g4 Ne5 h5 Bc4 Nh6 d4 d6 Nd3 f3 gxf3 Be7 Bf4 Bxh4+ Kd2 Nc6 c3 Qf6 Kc2