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- King's Pawn Game C20
- King's Gambit C30
- King's Gambit Accepted C33
- King's Knight's Gambit C34
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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 sacrificial opening line filed under ECO C37 in the Open Games group. The defining idea is the early concession of material to seize the initiative and unbalance the position.
The Open Games group covers open games — classical 1.e4 e5 openings where both sides contest the centre directly with pawns.
It is reached after 7 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Nf3 g5 4. Bc4.
In the opening tree, this line branches off from King's Gambit Accepted: King's Knight's Gambit, part of the broader King's Pawn Game system.
8 distinct sub-variations branch from this opening; prominent examples include King's Gambit Accepted: Australian Gambit, King's Gambit Accepted: Ghulam-Kassim Gambit, King's Gambit Accepted: Lolli Gambit, and others.
Below the direct variations, the full subtree contains 31 documented sub-variations.
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- ECO code
- C37
- Group
- Open Games (C)
- Plies
- 7
- Direct variations
- 8
- Total in subtree
- 31
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Statistics from Lichess
2,491,248 games · White 48.8% / Draw 3.0% / Black 48.2%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| g4 | 842,972 | |
| d6 | 544,962 | |
| Bg7 | 511,815 | |
| Nc6 | 158,601 | |
| h6 | 120,012 | |
| Qe7 | 44,993 | |
| c6 | 44,389 | |
| Nh6 | 42,588 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 01:38:18
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Variations (8)
- C37 King's Gambit Accepted: Australian Gambit
- C37 King's Gambit Accepted: Ghulam-Kassim Gambit
- C37 King's Gambit Accepted: Lolli Gambit
- C37 King's Gambit Accepted: McDonnell Gambit
- C37 King's Gambit Accepted: Middleton Countergambit
- C37 King's Gambit Accepted: Muzio Gambit, Wild Muzio Gambit
- C37 King's Gambit Accepted: Salvio Gambit
- C38 King's Gambit Accepted: Traditional Variation
Show all 31 sub-variations (full subtree)
- C37 King's Gambit Accepted: Australian Gambit 9-ply
- C37 King's Gambit Accepted: Ghulam-Kassim Gambit 9-ply
- C37 King's Gambit Accepted: Lolli Gambit 9-ply
- C37 King's Gambit Accepted: McDonnell Gambit 9-ply
- C37 King's Gambit Accepted: Middleton Countergambit 14-ply
- C37 King's Gambit Accepted: Muzio Gambit, Wild Muzio Gambit 9-ply
- C37 King's Gambit Accepted: Salvio Gambit 9-ply
- C38 King's Gambit Accepted: Traditional Variation 8-ply
- C37 King's Gambit Accepted: Ghulam-Kassim Gambit 11-ply
- C38 King's Gambit Accepted: Hanstein Gambit 9-ply
- C37 King's Gambit Accepted: Kotov Gambit 11-ply
- C37 Young Variation 19-ply
- C38 King's Gambit Accepted: Mayet Gambit 11-ply
- C37 King's Gambit Accepted: Muzio Gambit Accepted, From's Defense 12-ply
- C37 King's Gambit Accepted: Muzio Gambit, Brentano Defense 10-ply
- C37 King's Gambit Accepted: Muzio Gambit, Holloway Defense 12-ply
- C37 King's Gambit Accepted: Muzio Gambit, Kling and Horwitz Counterattack 10-ply
- C37 King's Gambit Accepted: Muzio Gambit, Sarratt Defense 12-ply
- C38 King's Gambit Accepted: Philidor Gambit 9-ply
- C37 Cochrane Gambit 12-ply
- C37 Santa Maria Defense 12-ply
- C37 Silberschmidt Defense 12-ply
- C37 Viennese Variation 12-ply
- C37 King's Gambit Accepted: Double Muzio Gambit 15-ply
- C37 King's Gambit Accepted: Double Muzio Gambit, Bello Gambit 13-ply
- C37 King's Gambit Accepted: Double Muzio Gambit, Paulsen Defense 21-ply
- C37 King's Gambit Accepted: Double Muzio Gambit, Young Gambit 20-ply
- C38 King's Gambit Accepted: Greco Gambit 19-ply
- C37 King's Gambit Accepted: Salvio Gambit, Anderssen Counterattack 14-ply
- C37 King's Gambit Accepted: Silberschmidt Gambit 14-ply
- C37 King's Gambit Accepted: Double Muzio Gambit, Baldwin Gambit 17-ply