C33-C39

King's Gambit Accepted

137 named lines in this family, ECO C33-C39. Every one of them opens 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4, so the notes on those moves are written once, just below, instead of once per line. Under each line you get its moves and the sentences it adds that this page has not already printed; sixty lines to a page. A line's own page carries up to its first 4 per-move notes in full.

The moves every line here plays

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4

• 1. e4 Stakes a claim in the centre, controlling d5, and frees the bishop and queen.
• 1... e5 Stakes a claim in the centre, controlling d4, and frees the bishop and queen.
• 2. f4 Challenges the pawn on e5 - the central tension has to resolve. The pawn is genuinely on offer - this is the King's Gambit: development and initiative over material.
• 2... exf4 Takes the pawn on f4, toward the centre. Theory calls this the King's Gambit Accepted.

Main lineC33

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4

Black keeps the extra pawn; White plays for time, open lines, and initiative - the classic gambit trade. f4 offers a pawn to drag Black's e-pawn off the centre and open the f-file - development and attack against material, the oldest bargain in chess. Black has doubled pawns on the f-file.

Basman GambitC33

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Qe2

An early pawn trade leaves the e-file as Black's avenue and the f-file as White's - both sides get real winning chances down their own file.

Bishop's GambitC33

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4

Breyer GambitC33

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Qf3

Carrera GambitC33

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Qh5

Black's pawn on f7 is pinned against the king.

Dodo VariationC33

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Qg4

Eisenberg VariationC33

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nh3

Gaga GambitC33

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. g3

Mason-Keres GambitC33

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nc3

Orsini GambitC33

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. b3

Paris GambitC33

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Ne2

Schurig Gambit, with Bb5C33

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bb5

Black's pawn on d7 is pinned against the king.

Schurig Gambit, with Bd3C33

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bd3

Stamma GambitC33

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. h4

Tartakower GambitC33

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Be2

TumbleweedC33

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Kf2

Villemson GambitC33

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. d4

Bishop's Gambit, Anderssen DefenseC33

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 g5

Bishop's Gambit, Bledow VariationC33

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d5

Bishop's Gambit, Cozio DefenseC33

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6

Bishop's Gambit, Gianutio GambitC33

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 f5

Bishop's Gambit, Kieseritzky GambitC33

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 b5

Bishop's Gambit, Lopez DefenseC33

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 c6

Bishop's Gambit, Maurian DefenseC33

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nc6

Bishop's Gambit, Steinitz DefenseC33

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Ne7

Bishop's Gambit, Bogoljubow VariationC33

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3

Bishop's Gambit, Anderssen VariationC33

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d5 4. Bxd5 c6

Bishop's Gambit, Bledow CountergambitC33

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d5 4. Bxd5 Nf6

Bishop's Gambit, Boden VariationC33

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 Nc6

Bishop's Gambit, Bogoljubow DefenseC33

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6

Bishop's Gambit, Bryan CountergambitC33

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 b5

Bishop's Gambit, Cozio VariationC33

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 d6

Bishop's Gambit, First Jaenisch VariationC33

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 Nf6

Bishop's Gambit, Greco VariationC33

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 Bc5

Bishop's Gambit, Lopez VariationC33

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 g5

Tartakower Gambit, Weiss DefenseC33

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Be2 f5 4. exf5 d6

The e-file is fully open.

Bishop's Gambit, Classical Defense, Cozio AttackC33

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 g5 5. Qf3

Bishop's Gambit, Paulsen AttackC33

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. e5

Bishop's Gambit, Boren-Svenonius VariationC33

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 d5 4. Bxd5 Qh4+ 5. Kf1 Bd6

Bishop's Gambit, Chigorin's AttackC33

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 d5 5. Bxd5 g5 6. g3

Bishop's Gambit, McDonnell Attack, after 6. g3C33

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 g5 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. g3

Black's kingside bishop takes the long diagonal.

Bishop's Gambit, Classical DefenseC33

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 Ne7 5. Nc3 g5 6. d4 Bg7

Lopez-Gianutio Countergambit, Hein VariationC33

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 f5 4. Qe2 Qh4+ 5. Kd1 fxe4 6. Nc3 Kd8

Bishop's Gambit, Fraser VariationC33

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 g5 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. g3 fxg3 7. Qf3

Bishop's Gambit, Grimm AttackC33

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 g5 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. d4 d6 7. e5

Bishop's Gambit, McDonnell Attack, after 6. d4C33

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Qh4+ 4. Kf1 g5 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. d4 Ne7 7. g3

King's Knight's Gambit, through 3. Nf3C34

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3

Becker DefenseC34

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 h6

Bonsch-Osmolovsky VariationC34

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Ne7

Fischer DefenseC34

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d6

Gianutio CountergambitC34

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 f5

King's Knight's Gambit, after 3... g5, through 3... g5C34

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5

MacLeod DefenseC34

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nc6

Schallopp DefenseC34

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nf6

Wagenbach DefenseC34

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 h5

Fischer Defense, Schulder GambitC34

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d6 4. b4

Fischer Defense, Spanish VariationC34

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd3

Schallopp Defense, Tashkent AttackC34

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e5 Nh5 5. g4

Greco Gambit, after 3... d6C34

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bc4 h6 5. d4 g5 6. h4 Bg7

Cunningham DefenseC35

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 Be7

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