Tree path 4 levels King's Pawn Game › King's Gambit › King's Gambit Accepted › King's Knight's Gambit
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- King's Pawn Game C20
- King's Gambit C30
- King's Gambit Accepted C33
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King's Gambit Accepted: King's Knight's Gambit
Overview
King's Gambit Accepted: King's Knight's Gambit is a gambit, classified under ECO code C34 within the Open Games family. As with all gambits, one side sacrifices material early — usually a pawn — in exchange for development, open lines, or initiative.
The Open Games group covers open games — classical 1.e4 e5 openings where both sides contest the centre directly with pawns.
Play reaches this position via 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3, after 5 plies of opening development.
It is a variation of King's Gambit Accepted, which itself descends from the root opening King's Pawn Game.
It is the root of 10 named variations, with King's Gambit Accepted: Becker Defense, King's Gambit Accepted: Bonsch-Osmolovsky Variation, King's Gambit Accepted: Cunningham Defense, and others among the most studied.
Below the direct variations, the full subtree contains 91 documented sub-variations.
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- ECO code
- C34
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 5
- Parent
- King's Gambit Accepted
- Direct variations
- 10
- Total in subtree
- 91
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Statistics from Lichess
19,286,909 games · White 51.8% / Draw 3.5% / Black 44.7%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| g5 | 4,176,950 | |
| d6 | 3,200,064 | |
| Be7 | 2,524,321 | |
| Nc6 | 2,470,819 | |
| d5 | 2,103,256 | |
| Nf6 | 1,490,867 | |
| Bc5 | 982,054 | |
| h6 | 869,246 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 01:12:28
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Variations (10)
- C34 King's Gambit Accepted: Becker Defense
- C34 King's Gambit Accepted: Bonsch-Osmolovsky Variation
- C35 King's Gambit Accepted: Cunningham Defense
- C34 King's Gambit Accepted: Fischer Defense
- C34 King's Gambit Accepted: Gianutio Countergambit
- C34 King's Gambit Accepted: King's Knight's Gambit
- C34 King's Gambit Accepted: MacLeod Defense
- C36 King's Gambit Accepted: Modern Defense
- C34 King's Gambit Accepted: Schallopp Defense
- C34 King's Gambit Accepted: Wagenbach Defense
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