1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4
The King's Gambit Accepted starts with 1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 and is catalogued under ECO C33. It belongs to the open games and French section of the book. The catalog indexes 137 lines inside it, grouped into 128 named variations. The position after those moves has 17 playable continuations to walk from here.
King's Gambit
27 min · 10 steps · 8 questions
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Move ideas
Claims the center with a pawn and opens lines for the queen and king’s bishop.
Idea: Build quick development and make early castling possible.
Meets White’s center directly and opens lines for Black’s queen and bishop.
Idea: Fight for equal central space in a balanced, open position.
Advances the f-pawn to gain kingside space and control new squares.
Idea: Create useful wing space while keeping the central structure flexible.
Captures the pawn on f4 and changes the local balance of pawns and pieces.
Idea: Open lines on the kingside and reshape the pawn structure for the next phase.
Waiting for Lichess game popularity.
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ECO groups openings by the structures they lead to, so these families tend to share plans with the King's Gambit Accepted.
104 more named lines sit inside this family — the tree above walks all of them.