This collection of 101 games was Compiled by GumboGambit. Thank you GumboGambit!

Games featuring rare openings/variations with unusual names. Not included are the basic uncommon first moves (Ware Opening, St. George Defense, etc.)

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Adams Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nxe4 4.Qh5 Nd6 5.Bb3 Nc6 6.d4)

Adelaide Counter Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 Nc6 3.Nf3 f5)

Alapin Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Bxc6 dxc6 5.0-0 Bg4 6.h3 h5)

Alapin Gambit (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Be3)

Albin Counter Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5)

Alekhine Gambit (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Ne2 dxe4 5.a3 Be7 6.Nxe4 Nf6 7.N2g3 0-0 8.Be2 Nc6)

Allgaier Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ng5)

Andreaschek Gambit (1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.Nf3 e5 4.c3)

Anti-Meran Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.Bg5)

Anti-Moscow Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nf3 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bh4 g5 7.Bg3 dxc4 8.e4)

Balogh Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.e4 d6)

Basque Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.d4 exd4 7.e5 Ne4 8.c3)

Belgrade Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nd5)

Bellon Gambit (1.c4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Nf3 e4 4.Ng5 b5)

Benko Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5)

Bertin (Three Pawns) Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Be7 4.Bc4 Bh4+ 5.g3 fxg3 6.0-0 gxh2+ 7.Kh1)

Bishop's Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4)

Blackburne Shilling Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nd4)

Blackburne Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ng5 h6 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 7.Nc3)

Blackmar–Diemer Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 – also (1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.e4 dxe4 4.f3)

Blumenfeld Counter Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c5 4.d5 b5)

Blumenfeld Reversed Gambit (1.Nf3 d5 2.c4 d4 3.e3 c5 4.b4)

Boden–Kieseritzky Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.Nf3 Nxe4 4.Nc3)

Boehnke Gambit (1.e4 d5 2.exd5 e6 3. dxe6 Bxe6)

Brentano Gambit (1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g5)

Breyer Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Qf3)

Bronstein Gambit (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.0-0 Nc6 6.c3 Nf6 7.d4)

Bryan Counter Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 Qh4+ 4.Kf1 b5)

Bryan (Kieseritzky) CounterGambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 b5)

Budapest Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5)

Calabrian Counter Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 f5)

Carrera (Basman) Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Qe2)

Catalan Queens Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3)

Charousek Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5 3.exd5 e4 4.d3 Nf6 5.dxe4 Nxe4 6.Qe2)

Chicago Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nxe5 Nxe5 4.d4)

Cochrane Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nxf7)

Colorado Gambit (1.e4 Nc6 2.Nf3 f5)

Cunningham Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 Be7)

Dada Gambit (1.g3 e5 2.Bg2 d5 3.b4)

Danish Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.c3)

Danube Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.d5 b5)

De Smet Gambit (1.e4 Nc6 2.d4 e5 3.dxe5 d6)

Diemer Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.e4)

Diemer–Duhm Gambit (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.c4)

Double Muzio Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.0-0 gxf3 6.Qxf3 Qf6 7.e5 Qxe5 8.Bxf7+)

Duras Gambit (Fred Defence) (1.e4 f5 2.exf5 Kf7)

Elephant Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d5)

Englund Gambit (1.d4 e5 2.dxe5 Nc6 3.Nf3 Qe7 4.Qd5 f6 5.exf6 Nxf6)

Evans Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4)

Evans Counter Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 d5)

Fajarowicz Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ne4)

Falkbeer Counter Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 d5)

Four Pawns Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.b4 Bxb4 4.f4 exf4 5.Nf3 Be7 6.d4 Bh4+ 7.g3 fxg3 8.0-0 gxh2+ 9.Kh1)

Franco-Hiva Gambit (1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 f5)

Frankenstein–Dracula Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.Bc4 Nxe4 4.Qh5 Nd6 5.Bb3 Nc6 6.Nb5 g6 7.Qf3 f5 8.Qd5 Qe7 9.Nxc7+ Kd8 10.Nxa8 b6)

French: Wing Gambit (1.e4 e6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e5 c5 4.b4)

Fried Liver Attack Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nxf7 Kxf7)

From Gambit (1.f4 e5)

Fyfe Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.d4)

Gent Gambit (1.Nh3 d5 2.g3 e5 3.f4 Bxh3 4.Bxh3 exf4 5.0-0 fxg3 6.hxg3)

Ghulam Khassim Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.d4)

Gianutio Counter Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 f5)

Ginsburg Gambit (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5.Bc4)

Godley Gambit (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 Nf6)

Göring Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.c3)

Greco Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.f4)

Grünfeld Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.e3 0-0)

Halasz Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3.f4)

Halibut Gambit (1.c4 b5)

Halloween Gambit (Müller–Schultze) Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Nxe5)

Hamppe–Muzio Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 exf4 4.Nf3 g5 5.Bc4 g4 6.0-0)

Hanstein Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 Bg7 5.0-0)

Harksen Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.c4)

Herrstrom Gambit (1.Nf3 g5)

Hubsch Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.e4 Nxe4 4.Nxe4 dxe4 4.Bc4)

Icelandic Gambit (1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.c4 e6)

Italian Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d4)

Jerome Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.Bxf7+ Kxf7)

John Tracy Gambit (1.e4 Nf6 2.Nf3)

Karpov Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.Nbd2 Nc5)

Kasparov Gambit (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nb5 d6 6.c4 Nf6 7.N1c3 a6 8.Na3 d5)

Keres Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nc3)

Khan Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 d5)

Kieseritzky Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5)

King's Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4)

Kotrč–Mieses Gambit (1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.Nc3 Qa5 4.b4)

Krejcik Gambit (1.e4 Nf6 2.Bc4 Nxe4 3. Bxf7+)

Krol Gambit (1.e4 e6 2.f4 d5 3.Nf3)

Lasker Gambit (1.d4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 c6 (or 4…g6) 5.f3)

Latvian Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 3.g4)

Lewis Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.d4)

Lisitsin Gambit (1.Nf3 f5 2.e4)

Locock Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 Nf6 4.Ng5 h6 5.Nxf7)

Lopez Counter Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bc4 f5)

Lopez Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.Qe2 Nf6 4.d3 Nc6 5.c3 Ne7 6.f4)

Lopez–Gianutio Counter Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Bc4 f5)

Marshall Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.e4)

McDonnell Double Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.b4 Bxb4 4.f4)

McDonnell Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.Nc3)

Michel Gambit (1.Nf3 d5 2. c4 d4 3. b4 c5)

Milner-Barry Gambit (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Qb6 6.Bd3 cxd4 7.cxd4 Bd7 8.Nc3 Nxd4 9.Nxd4 Qxd4)

Moller Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d4 exd4 6.cxd4 Bb4+ 7.Nc3 Nxe4 8.0-0 Bxc3 9.d5)

Morphy Gambit (1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.Nf3)

Morra Gambit (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.c3)

Muzio Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.0-0)

Nakhmanson Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d4 exd4 5.O-O Nxe4 6.Nc3)

Nimzowitsch Gambit (1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.Qg4)

Orthoschnapp Gambit (1.e4 e6 2.c4 d5 3.cxd5 exd5 4.Qb3)

Paris Gambit (1.Nh3 d5 2.g3 e5 3.f4 Bxh3 4.Bxh3 exf4 5.0-0)

Petroff Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.Nf3 d6 4.c3 Qe7 5.d4)

Philidor Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 Bg7 5.h4)

Philidor Counter Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 f5)

Pierce Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 exf4 4.Nf3 g5 5.d4 g4 6.Bc4)

Poisoned Pawn (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 Qb6 8.Qd2 Qxb2)

Polerio Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4)

Ponziani Counter Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 f5)

Ponziani Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d4)

Portsmouth Gambit (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.b4)

Portuguese Gambit (1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Nf6 3.d4 Bg4)

Quade Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Nc3)

Queen's Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.c4)

Rasa–Studier Gambit (1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 dxe4 4.f3)

Relfsson Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bb5)

Reti (Landstrasse) Gambit (1.Nf3 d5 2.c4)

Rice Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.h4 g4 5.Ne5 Nf6 6.Bc4 d5 7.exd5 Bd6 8.0-0)

Rosentreter Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.d4 g4)

Ross Gambit – (1.Nf3 e5)

Rotary-Albany Gambit (1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 b6)

Rousseau Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 f5)

Rubinstein Counter Gambit (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Nc3 e6 5.Nxd5 exd5 6.d4 Nc6)

Ryder Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.f3 exf3 5.Qxf3)

Salvio Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.Ne5)

Schliemann (Jaenisch) Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 f5)

Scotch Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4)

Sicilian Gambit (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Be2 Bb4 7.0-0)

Slav Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4)

Smith–Morra Gambit (1.e4 c5 2.d4 cxd4 3.c3)

Sorensen Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.d4 g4 5.Ne5)

Spanish Counter Gambit (1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d5)

Spielmann Gambit (1.e4 Nf6 2.Nc3 d5 3.e5 Nfd7 4.e6)

Stafford Gambit (1.e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 Nc6)

Stamma Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.h4)

Staunton Gambit Deferred (1.d4 f5 2.c4 e6 3.e4)

Staunton Gambit (1.d4 f5 2.e4)

Steinitz Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.f4 exf4 4.d4)

Steinitz Counter Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.Bf4 c5)

Sturm Gambit (1.f4 d5 2.c4)

Swiss Gambit (1.f4 f5 2.e4 fxe4 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.g4)

Tarrasch Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.dxc5 d4 6.Na4 b5)

Tartakower (Lesser Bishop's) Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Be2)

Tartakower (Fischer) Gambit (1.b4 e5 2.Bb2 f6 3.e4)

Tennison Gambit (1.e4 d5 2.Nf3)

Tolush–Geller Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e4 b5 6.e5)

Triple Muzio Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.0-0 gxf3 6.Qxf3 Qf6 7.e5 Qxe5 8.Bxf7+ Kxf7)

Tumbleweed Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Kf2)

Two Knights' Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Na5)

Urusov Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4)

Urusov (Ponziani) Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nf3)

Van Weersel Attack (1.e4 c6 2.c4 d5 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Qb3)

Vienna Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4)

Villemson Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.d4)

Von Hennig–Schara Gambit (1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.cxd5 cxd4)

Vukovic Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 Nf6 4. d4 Nxe4 5. d5 Bc5)

Wagner Gambit (1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.Bg5 c5 4.e4)

Ware Gambit (1.a4 e5 2.a5 d5 3.e3 f5 4.a6)

White Gambit (1.c4 d5 2.b3 dxc4 3.bxc4 Qd4 4.Nc3)

Wild Muzio Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3.Nf3 g5 4.Bc4 g4 5.Bxf7+)

Wilkes-Barre/Traxler Variation (1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 Bc5)

Williams Gambit (1.f4 d5 2.e4)

Wing Gambit (1.e4 c5 2.b4)

Wing Gambit Deferred (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 (or 2…e6) 3.b4)

Wing Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Bc5 3.b4)

Wing Gambit Delayed (1.e4 c5 2.a3 Nc6 (or 2…e6) 3. b4)

Zollner Gambit (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be2 Bg7 7.Be3 Nc6 8.0-0 0-0 9.f4 Qb6 10.e5)

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