Barnes Opening: Gedult Gambit (2… fxe4 3. Nc3)

1. f3 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3

The Barnes Opening: Gedult Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO A00, reached after 1. f3 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3. It is a line of the Barnes 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: +0.10 (Stockfish, depth 38; best line 3… d5 4. fxe4 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nf6 6. Bb5+)

ECO

A00

Moves

5 plies

FEN

rnbqkbnr/ppppp1pp/8/8/4p3/2N2P2/PPPP2PP/R1BQKBNR b KQkq - 1 3

PGN

1. f3 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3

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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.