Amar Opening: Paris Gambit, Gent Gambit

1. Nh3 d5 2. g3 e5 3. f4 Bxh3 4. Bxh3 exf4 5. O-O fxg3 6. hxg3

The Amar Opening: Paris Gambit, Gent Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO A00, reached after 1. Nh3 d5 2. g3 e5 3. f4 Bxh3 4. Bxh3 exf4 5. O-O fxg3 6. hxg3. It is a line of the Amar Opening. Black is to move.

This exact move order didn't appear in our sample of 12.6 million Lichess games: it's a rare line.

Engine evaluation: −1.03 (Stockfish, depth 28; best line 6… Nf6 7. d4 Be7 8. Bg2 Nbd7 9. Bf4)

ECO

A00

Moves

11 plies

FEN

rn1qkbnr/ppp2ppp/8/3p4/8/6PB/PPPPP3/RNBQ1RK1 b kq - 0 6

PGN

1. Nh3 d5 2. g3 e5 3. f4 Bxh3 4. Bxh3 exf4 5. O-O fxg3 6. hxg3

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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.