Amar Opening

1. Nh3

The Amar Opening is a chess opening classified as ECO A00, reached after 1. Nh3. Black is to move. 1 named line continues from this position.

In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 2,542 times by this move order. White won 42%, 6% were drawn and Black won 52%. The most popular continuation is 1… e5 (32% of games).

Engine evaluation: −0.42 (Stockfish, depth 60; best line 1… d5 2. g3 c5 3. d3 h5 4. Bg2)

ECO: A00
Moves: 1 plies
FEN: rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/7N/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKB1R b KQkq - 1 1
PGN: 1. Nh3

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Results by rating

Average rating	Games	White / draw / Black
0-1499	1,472	36%57%
1500-1999	729	49%46%
2000+	341	52%41%
All	2,542	42%52%

Most played moves

Move	Games	White / draw / Black
1… e5	825 (32%)	36%57%
1… d5	800 (31%)	44%50%
1… e6	155 (6%)	46%49%
1… Nf6	134 (5%)	36%59%
1… d6	91 (4%)	34%62%
1… c5	87 (3%)	53%45%
1… g6	73 (3%)	38%58%
1… Nc6	72 (3%)	47%49%

Master games

292 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 59%, draw 11%, Black 30%). The strongest:

GM Magnus Carlsen (2839) – GM Erigaisi Arjun (2771) 1-0 · Titled Tue 23rd Sep 2025 · 2025-09-23
GM Hikaru Nakamura (2780) – GM Fabiano Caruana (2786) 1-0 · chess.com SpeedChess 2023 · 2023-09-14
GM Hikaru Nakamura (2780) – GM Fabiano Caruana (2786) 0-1 · chess.com SpeedChess 2023 · 2023-09-14
GM Hikaru Nakamura (2780) – GM Fabiano Caruana (2786) 1-0 · chess.com SpeedChess 2023 · 2023-09-14
GM Hikaru Nakamura (2780) – GM Fabiano Caruana (2786) 1-0 · chess.com SpeedChess 2023 · 2023-09-14

Search all games of the Amar Opening and its sub-variations

Highest-rated Lichess games

kasparik_garik (2628) – FM dclasby (2765) 0-1 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 0s
Tempstream (2717) – IM licg (2595) 1-0 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
FM Petr_Mikhalchenko (2597) – FinalSpot (2641) 0-1 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s

Continuations

Amar Opening: Paris Gambit A00 · 1. Nh3 d5 2. g3 e5 3. f4

More Amar Opening lines (all)

Amar Opening: Paris Gambit, Gent Gambit A00

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.