Latvian Gambit
The Latvian Gambit (or Greco Countergambit) is a chess opening characterised by the moves:
Danish Gambit
The Danish Gambit, known as the Nordisches Gambit in German and the Noords Gambiet in Dutch (both meaning Nordic Gambit), is a chess opening that begins with the moves:[1]
Evans Gambit
The Evans Gambit is an attacking line of the Giuoco Piano. White offers a pawn to divert the bishop on c5. If Black accepts, White can follow up with c3 and d4, ripping open the centre, while also opening diagonals to play Ba3 or Qb3 at some point, preventing Black from castling kingside and threatening the pawn on f7, respectively. If Black declines, the pawn on b4 stakes out space on the queenside, and White can follow up with a4 later in the game, potentially gaining a tempo by threatening to trap Black's dark-square bishop.
Elephant Gambit
The Elephant Gambit (also called the Queen's Pawn Countergambit) is a chess opening beginning with the moves:
Smith–Morra Gambit
In chess, the Smith–Morra Gambit (or simply Morra Gambit) is an opening gambit against the Sicilian Defence distinguished by the moves:
Giuoco Piano
In King Pawn Openings by Dražen Marović and Idriz Sušić (1975) the authors write: "White aims to develop quickly – but so does Black. White can construct a pawn centre but in unfavourable conditions, a centre which cannot provide a basis for further active play."[2]
Petrov's Defence
Petrov's Defence is a chess opening characterised by the following moves:
Nimzowitsch Defence
The Nimzowitsch Defence is a somewhat uncommon chess opening characterised by the moves:
The Jerome Gambit is an unsound chess opening which is an offshoot of the Giuoco Piano. It is characterized by the moves: