Barnes Opening: Gedult Gambit (3… dxe4 4. c3)

1. f3 d5 2. e4 g6 3. d4 dxe4 4. c3

Barnes Opening: Gedult Gambit after 1. f3 d5 2. e4 g6 3. d4 dxe4 4. c3 87654321abcdefgh

The Barnes Opening: Gedult Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO A00, reached after 1. f3 d5 2. e4 g6 3. d4 dxe4 4. c3. 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: −0.98 (Stockfish, depth 30; best line 4… Nf6 5. Nd2 exf3 6. Ngxf3 Bg7 7. Bc4)

ECO
A00
Moves
7 plies
FEN
rnbqkbnr/ppp1pp1p/6p1/8/3Pp3/2P2P2/PP4PP/RNBQKBNR b KQkq - 0 4
PGN
1. f3 d5 2. e4 g6 3. d4 dxe4 4. c3

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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.