Bird Opening: Hobbs Gambit
1. f4 g5
The Bird Opening: Hobbs Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO A02, reached after 1. f4 g5. It is a line of the Bird Opening. White is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 360 times by this move order. White won 53%, 2% were drawn and Black won 45%. The most popular continuation is 2. fxg5 (63% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.76 (Stockfish, depth 42; best line 2. fxg5 d5 3. d4 h6 4. Nc3 Bg7)
- ECO
- A02
- Moves
- 2 plies
- FEN
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1. f4 g5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 83 | |
| 1500-1999 | 209 | |
| 2000+ | 68 | |
| All | 360 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 2. fxg5 | 226 (63%) | |
| 2. Nf3 | 35 (10%) | |
| 2. d4 | 27 (8%) | |
| 2. d3 | 22 (6%) | |
| 2. e3 | 20 (6%) | |
| 2. f5 | 14 (4%) | |
| 2. e4 | 9 (3%) | |
| 2. g3 | 5 (1%) |
Master games
44 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 43%, draw 12%, Black 45%). The strongest:
- Stockfishdev-20240413-c55ae376 (3657) – RubiChess20240420 (3531) 1-0 · TCEC 26 Premier 2024 · 2024-04-25
- RubiChess20240420 (3531) – Stockfishdev-20240413-c55ae376 (3657) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 26 Premier 2024 · 2024-04-22
- GM Raven Sturt (2459) – GM Magnus Carlsen (2830) 0-1 · Titled Tue 5th Dec Late · 2023-12-05
- GM Kacper Piorun (2615) – GM Petro Golubka (2452) 1-0 · Titled Arena Mar 6th 2021 · 2021-03-06
- IM Rudik Makarian (2554) – GM Jose Gabriel Cardoso Cardoso (2486) 1-0 · Titled Tue 27th Dec Early · 2022-12-27
Search all games of the Bird Opening: Hobbs Gambit and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- BadApp_le (2638) – chaaa116 (2649) 0-1 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
- Beth_Harmon1958 (2517) – Dr_Magician4ik (2467) 1-0 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
- IonaquichusXII (2301) – IM Jomajo (2679) 0-1 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Bird Opening 1. f4
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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.