Alekhine Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Cambridge Gambit
1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 g5
The Alekhine Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Cambridge Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO B03, reached after 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 g5. It is a line of the Alekhine Defense. White is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 44 times by this move order. White won 55%, 6% were drawn and Black won 39%. The most popular continuation is 6. Nf3 (27% of games).
Engine evaluation: +1.64 (Stockfish, depth 46; best line 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 gxf4 8. exd6 exd6)
- ECO
- B03
- Moves
- 10 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4 g5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 1500-1999 | 18 | |
| 2000+ | 26 | |
| All | 44 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 6. Nf3 | 12 (27%) | |
| 6. fxg5 | 10 (23%) | |
| 6. exd6 | 9 (20%) | |
| 6. Nc3 | 7 (16%) | |
| 6. Qh5 | 3 (7%) | |
| 6. g3 | 2 (5%) | |
| 6. Bd3 | 1 (2%) |
Master games
26 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 38%, draw 16%, Black 46%). The strongest:
- GM Christopher Woojin Yoo (2588) – GM Magnus Carlsen (2833) 1/2-1/2 · Titled Tue 11th Mar Late · 2025-03-11
- GM David Paravyan (2617) – GM Gawain C B Maroroa Jones (2669) 1-0 · Titled Tue 10th May Late · 2022-05-10
- GM Christopher Woojin Yoo (2616) – GM Yasser Quesada Perez (2581) 1-0 · Titled Tue 20th Aug Late · 2024-08-20
- WGM Anna Shukhman (2420) – GM Jan-Krzysztof Duda (2725) 1/2-1/2 · Titled Tue 5th Aug Late · 2025-08-05
- GM Sundar M. Shyam (2518) – GM Kivanc Haznedaroglu (2438) 1-0 · Sheikh Russel GM 2021 · 2021-10-26
Search all games of the Alekhine Defense: Four Pawns Attack, Cambridge Gambit and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- apollothedog (2694) – TregubenkoKolya_2010 (2635) 1/2-1/2 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 0s
- apollothedog (2688) – joobree (2526) 1-0 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 0s
- Futurexxx (2648) – joobree (2520) 0-1 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Alekhine Defense: Four Pawns Attack 1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. f4
More Alekhine Defense lines (all)
- Alekhine Defense (1. e4 Nf6) B02
- Alekhine Defense: Brooklyn Variation B02
- Alekhine Defense: Brooklyn Variation, Everglades Variation B02
- Alekhine Defense: Buckley Attack B02
- Alekhine Defense: Hunt Variation, Lasker Simul Gambit B02
- Alekhine Defense: Hunt Variation, Matsukevich Gambit B02
- Alekhine Defense: Hunt Variation, Mikenas Gambit B02
- Alekhine Defense: Kmoch Variation B02
- Alekhine Defense: Krejcik Variation B02
- Alekhine Defense: Krejcik Variation, Krejcik Gambit B02
- Alekhine Defense: Maróczy Variation B02
- Alekhine Defense: Mokele Mbembe B02
Opening names and moves from the Lichess openings dataset; statistics from the Lichess open database, 2026-09 (CC0), sample of 12.6 million games, bots excluded; evaluations from Lichess cloud analysis (all CC0). Master games from The Week in Chess #920–#1664 by Mark Crowther, used with permission.