Gambit Openings for White

A list of gambit openings for White includes many gambits. Not all are sound, but they are all interesting!

White gambits in the King Pawn Openings (“1.e4 e5”) include:

• King’s Gambit (and many sub-variations like: King’s Bishop Gambit, Kieseritsky Gambit, Muzio Gambit, etc.)
• Evan’s Gambit
• Danish Gambit
• Goring Gambit
• Fried Liver Attack (Two Knights Defence)
• Vienna Gambit
• Italian Gambit
• Max Lange Gambit
• Scotch Gambit
• Urusov Gambit
• Lolli Attack
• Danish Gambit Deferred

Anti-Sicilian Gambits for White include:

• Wing Gambit
• Wing Gambit Deferred
• Smith-Morra Gambit
• Morra Gambit Deferred

Queen pawn opening (“d4”) gambits for White include:

• Queen’s Gambit (Queen’s Gambit Declined, Queen’s Gambit Accepted)
• Blackmar-Diemer Gambit
• Staunton Gambit (Dutch Defence)

Related Chess Openings Topics

Read more about these related chess openings, strategies, chess puzzles, and other chess topics:

• Attacking Repertoire for White
• Attacking Repertoire for White
• Gambits
• Unusual Openings
• Gambit Openings for Black