King's Gambit Accepted

The main line

The King's Gambit Accepted is reached by 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 (ECO C33). It's one of 137 named lines under this opening in the book.

Named variations (51)

The most common 30 of 51 named variations:

• Bishop's Gambit — 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 (C33)
• Kieseritzky Gambit — 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 (C39)
• Salvio Gambit — 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. Ne5 (C37)
• Muzio Gambit — 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. O-O (C37)
• Allgaier — 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ng5 Nf6 (C39)
• Double Muzio Gambit — 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. O-O gxf3 6. Qxf3 Qf6 7. Nc3 (C37)
• King's Knight's Gambit — 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 (C34)
• Cunningham Defense — 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Be7 (C35)
• Rosentreter Gambit — 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. d4 (C37)
• Kieseritzky — 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ne5 Be7 (C39)
• Fischer Defense — 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d6 (C34)
• Allgaier Gambit — 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. h4 g4 5. Ng5 (C39)
• Schurig Gambit — 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bb5 (C33)
• Tartakower Gambit — 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Be2 (C33)
• Modern Defense — 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 (C36)
• Schallopp Defense — 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nf6 (C34)
• Abbazia Defense — 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d5 4. exd5 Nf6 (C36)
• Ghulam-Kassim Gambit — 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. d4 (C37)
• Philidor Gambit — 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 Bg7 5. h4 (C38)
• Lolli Gambit — 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4 g4 5. Bxf7+ (C37)
• Greco Gambit — 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 h6 5. d4 g5 6. h4 Bg7 (C34)
• Gaga Gambit — 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. g3 (C33)
• Orsini Gambit — 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. b3 (C33)
• Stamma Gambit — 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. h4 (C33)
• Villemson Gambit — 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. d4 (C33)
• Basman Gambit — 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Qe2 (C33)
• Breyer Gambit — 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Qf3 (C33)
• Carrera Gambit — 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Qh5 (C33)
• Dodo Variation — 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Qg4 (C33)
• Eisenberg Variation — 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nh3 (C33)

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