King's Gambit: Complete Guide

The most romantic opening in chess — White sacrifices the f-pawn on move two to rip open the f-file and attack before Black finishes developing. Drill every main line against an adaptive engine, backed by real Lichess win rates and Stockfish evaluations.

127 variations 201,409,010 total games Avg Stockfish -0.47

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All 127 variations of the King's Gambit

Gambits King's Gambit ECO C30 48M games Gambits King's Gambit Accepted ECO C33 21M games Gambits King's Gambit Accepted: King's Knight's Gambit ECO C34 19M games Gambits King's Gambit: exf4 ECO C30 19M games Gambits King's Gambit Declined: Queen's Knight Defense ECO C30 11M games Gambits King's Gambit: Nc6 ECO C30 9M games Gambits King's Gambit Accepted: MacLeod Defense ECO C34 6M games Gambits King's Gambit Declined: Queen's Knight Defense: Nf3 ECO C30 6M games Gambits King's Gambit Accepted: Fischer Defense ECO C34 4M games Gambits King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit ECO C31 3M games Gambits King's Gambit Accepted: King's Knight's Gambit: Nc6 ECO C34 2M games Gambits King's Gambit Accepted: Nf3 ECO C33 2M games Gambits King's Gambit Accepted: King's Knight's Gambit: d6 ECO C34 2M games Gambits King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit: d6 ECO C33 2M games Gambits King's Gambit Accepted: Schallopp Defense ECO C34 2M games Gambits King's Gambit Declined: Petrov's Defense: Nf3 ECO C30 2M games Gambits King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit Accepted ECO C31 2M games Gambits King's Gambit: d5 ECO C30 2M games Gambits King's Gambit Accepted: Modern Defense ECO C36 1M games Gambits King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit: Nf3 ECO C31 1M games Gambits King's Gambit Accepted: Cunningham Defense ECO C35 1M games Gambits King's Gambit Accepted: King's Knight's Gambit: d5 ECO C34 1M games Gambits King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit Accepted: exf4 ECO C31 1M games Gambits King's Gambit Declined: Classical Variation ECO C30 1M games Openings & Plans King's Gambit Declined ECO C30 1M games Gambits King's Gambit: Bc5 ECO C30 1M games Gambits King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit ECO C33 1M games Gambits King's Gambit Declined: Petrov's Defense ECO C30 1M games Gambits King's Gambit Accepted: King's Knight's Gambit: Be7 ECO C34 1M games Gambits King's Gambit Declined: Keene's Defense ECO C30 757K games Gambits King's Gambit Accepted: Becker Defense ECO C34 753K games Gambits King's Gambit Declined: Queen's Knight Defense: Nc3 ECO C30 724K games Gambits King's Gambit Accepted: King's Knight's Gambit: Nf6 ECO C34 700K games Gambits King's Gambit Accepted: Villemson Gambit ECO C33 686K games Gambits King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Staunton Line ECO C31 636K games Gambits King's Gambit Accepted: Fischer Defense: Bc4 ECO C34 627K games Gambits King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Modern Transfer ECO C31 618K games Gambits King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit: exd5 ECO C31 618K games Gambits King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Blackburne Attack ECO C31 588K games Gambits King's Gambit Declined: Petrov's Defense: Nc3 ECO C30 553K games Openings & Plans King's Gambit Declined: Nf3 ECO C30 507K games Gambits King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Maurian Defense ECO C33 448K games Gambits King's Gambit Declined: Queen's Knight Defense: Bc4 ECO C30 448K games Gambits King's Gambit Accepted: Bc4 ECO C33 448K games Gambits King's Gambit Accepted: Fischer Defense: d4 ECO C34 386K games Gambits King's Gambit Declined: Norwalde Variation ECO C30 375K games Gambits King's Gambit Declined: Panteldakis Countergambit ECO C30 296K games Gambits King's Gambit Declined: Petrov's Defense: d3 ECO C30 294K games Gambits King's Gambit Accepted: MacLeod Defense: d4 ECO C34 290K games Gambits King's Gambit Accepted: Cunningham Defense: d4 ECO C35 287K games Gambits King's Gambit Accepted: Modern Defense: exd5 ECO C36 279K games Gambits King's Gambit Accepted: MacLeod Defense: Bc4 ECO C34 279K games Gambits King's Gambit: Nf6 ECO C30 266K games Gambits King's Gambit Declined: Keene Defense ECO C30 258K games Gambits King's Gambit Declined: Petrov's Defense: fxe5 ECO C30 254K games Gambits King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Cozio Defense ECO C33 247K games Gambits King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit Accepted: e4 ECO C31 238K games Gambits King's Gambit Accepted: King's Knight's Gambit: g5 ECO C34 216K games Gambits King's Gambit Accepted: Bonsch-Osmolovsky Variation ECO C34 214K games Gambits King's Gambit Accepted: Schallopp Defense: Bc4 ECO C34 208K games Gambits King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit: Qh4+ ECO C33 207K games Gambits King's Gambit Declined: Mafia Defense ECO C30 180K games Gambits King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Milner-Barry Variation ECO C31 163K games Gambits King's Gambit Declined: Miles Defense ECO C30 139K games Gambits King's Gambit Accepted: Schallopp Defense: Nc3 ECO C34 134K games Gambits King's Gambit: d6 ECO C30 122K games Gambits King's Gambit Accepted: d4 ECO C33 118K games Gambits King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit Accepted: Qxd5 ECO C31 112K games Gambits King's Gambit Accepted: Schallopp Defense: e5 ECO C34 111K games Gambits King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit: Nf6 ECO C33 105K games Gambits King's Gambit Accepted: Cunningham Defense: Bc4 ECO C35 90K games Gambits King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit: fxe5 ECO C31 88K games Gambits King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit: d3 ECO C31 84K games Gambits King's Gambit Declined: Queen's Knight Defense: d3 ECO C30 84K games Gambits King's Gambit Accepted: MacLeod Defense: Nc3 ECO C34 80K games Gambits King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Nimzowitsch-Marshall Countergambit ECO C31 79K games Gambits King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit: Nc6 ECO C33 79K games Gambits King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Anderssen Defense ECO C33 76K games Gambits King's Gambit Accepted: Schallopp Defense: d4 ECO C34 74K games Gambits King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Hinrichsen Gambit ECO C31 71K games Gambits King's Gambit Accepted: Mason-Keres Gambit ECO C33 67K games Gambits King's Gambit Declined: Classical Variation: Nf3 ECO C30 63K games Gambits King's Gambit Accepted: Modern Defense: Nc3 ECO C36 61K games Gambits King's Gambit Accepted: Gianutio Countergambit ECO C34 60K games Gambits King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit: d4 ECO C31 54K games Gambits King's Gambit Accepted: Cunningham Defense: h4 ECO C35 50K games Gambits King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Lopez Defense ECO C33 45K games Gambits King's Gambit Accepted: Breyer Gambit ECO C33 40K games Gambits King's Gambit Declined: Classical Variation: fxe5 ECO C30 38K games Openings & Plans King's Gambit Declined: fxe5 ECO C30 38K games Gambits King's Gambit Accepted: Schallopp Defense: d3 ECO C34 32K games Gambits King's Gambit Declined: Queen's Knight Defense: f5 ECO C30 30K games Gambits King's Gambit Accepted: Gaga Gambit ECO C33 29K games Gambits King's Gambit Declined: Queen's Knight Defense: fxe5 ECO C30 29K games Gambits King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit: Nc3 ECO C31 29K games Gambits King's Gambit Accepted: Modern Defense: e5 ECO C36 26K games Gambits King's Gambit Accepted: d3 ECO C33 23K games Gambits King's Gambit Accepted: Wagenbach Defense ECO C34 23K games Gambits King's Gambit Accepted: MacLeod Defense: d3 ECO C34 20K games Gambits King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit, Miles Gambit ECO C31 20K games Gambits King's Gambit Accepted: Dodo Variation ECO C33 17K games Gambits King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Bledow Variation ECO C33 17K games Gambits King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Steinitz Defense ECO C33 12K games Gambits King's Gambit Accepted: Eisenberg Variation ECO C33 11K games Gambits King's Gambit Accepted: Nc3 ECO C33 10K games Gambits King's Gambit Accepted: Stamma Gambit ECO C33 10K games Gambits King's Gambit Declined: Panteldakis Countergambit, Greco Variation ECO C30 9K games Gambits King's Gambit Accepted: MacLeod Defense: Bb5 ECO C34 7K games Gambits King's Gambit Declined: Soller-Zilbermints Gambit ECO C30 7K games Gambits King's Gambit Accepted: Carrera Gambit ECO C33 7K games Gambits King's Gambit Accepted: Tartakower Gambit ECO C33 7K games Gambits King's Gambit Accepted: Paris Gambit ECO C33 5K games Gambits King's Gambit Declined: Zilbermints Double Countergambit ECO C30 5K games Gambits King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit: g5 ECO C33 4K games Gambits King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Gianutio Gambit ECO C33 4K games Gambits King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit: Be7 ECO C33 3K games Gambits King's Gambit Accepted: Tumbleweed ECO C33 3K games Gambits King's Gambit Accepted: Schurig Gambit, with Bb5 ECO C33 2K games Gambits King's Gambit Declined: Zilbermints Double Gambit ECO C30 1K games Gambits King's Gambit Declined: Panteldakis Countergambit, Schiller's Defense ECO C30 1K games Gambits King's Gambit Declined: Classical Variation, Walthoffen Attack ECO C30 1K games Gambits King's Gambit Accepted: Schurig Gambit, with Bd3 ECO C33 1K games Gambits King's Gambit Accepted: Basman Gambit ECO C33 1K games Gambits King's Gambit Declined: Falkbeer Countergambit Accepted: c6 ECO C31 1K games Gambits King's Gambit Declined: Senechaud Countergambit ECO C30 898 games Gambits King's Gambit Accepted: Orsini Gambit ECO C33 814 games Gambits King's Gambit Accepted: Bishop's Gambit, Kieseritzky Gambit ECO C33 715 games

Frequently asked questions about the King's Gambit

What is the king's gambit in chess?

The King's Gambit is a chess opening family with 127 variations covered on Chessy. Over 201 million Lichess games have reached these positions across all rating levels.