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== Examples == {{main|List of chess gambits}} * [[King's Gambit]]: 1.e4 e5 2.f4 * [[Queen's Gambit]]: 1.d4 d5 2.c4 * [[Evans Gambit]]: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.b4 * [[Rousseau Gambit]]: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 f5 * [[Smith–Morra Gambit]]: 1.e4 c5 2.d4 intending 2...cxd4 3.c3 dxc3 4.Nxc3 * [[Two Knights Defense]]: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 with 5.exd5 Na5 6.Bb5+ c6 7.dxc6 bxc6 likely to follow * [[Blackmar–Diemer Gambit]] (BDG): 1.d4 d5 2.e4 dxe4 3.Nc3 followed by 4.f3 * [[From's Gambit]]: 1.f4 e5 * [[Staunton Gambit]]: 1.d4 f5 2.e4 * [[Budapest Gambit]]: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 * [[Scotch Gambit]]: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Bc4 * [[Latvian Gambit]]: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 f5 * [[Danish Gambit]]: 1.e4 e5 2.d4 exd4 3. c3 * [[Blackburne Shilling Gambit]]: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nd4{{chesspunc|?!}} :This is not a true gambit by Black, since after 4.Nxe5{{chesspunc|!?}} Qg5{{chesspunc|!}} Black wins material. White can play a gambit themselves with 5.Bxf7+! Ke7 6.0-0! Qxe5 7.Bxg8 Rxg8 8.c3 Nc6 9.d4, when White's two pawns and rolling pawn center, combined with Black's misplaced king, give White strong compensation for the sacrificed bishop. * [[Elephant Gambit]]: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 d5!? * [[Englund Gambit]]: 1.d4 e5?! * [[Italian Gambit]]: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d4 * [[Fried Liver Attack]]: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.Ng5 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.Nxf7 Kxf7 * [[Albin Countergambit]]: 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e5 * [[Benko Gambit]]: 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 * [[French Defense|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 * [[Vienna Gambit]]: 1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.f4
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