Catalan Opening: Hungarian Gambit
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 e5
The Catalan Opening: Hungarian Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO E00, reached after 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 e5. It is a line of the Catalan Opening. White is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 1 times by this move order. White won 0%, 0% were drawn and Black won 100%. The most popular continuation is 4. dxe5 (100% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.90 (Stockfish, depth 29; best line 4. dxe5 Ng4 5. Bf4 Bb4+ 6. Nc3 Bxc3+)
- ECO
- E00
- Moves
- 6 plies
- FEN
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1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 e5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 2000+ | 1 | |
| All | 1 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 4. dxe5 | 1 (100%) |
Master games
3 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 0%, draw 0%, Black 100%). The strongest:
- FM Vsevolod Ovchinnikov (2426) – GM Nils Grandelius (2684) 0-1 · Titled Tue 11th Jul Early · 2023-07-11
- Svein Rishovd (2099) – GM Timman, J. (2559) 0-1 · Xtracon Chess Open 2016 · 2016-07-24
- Volodymyr Mylovanov (1821) – Rock Yu (2048) 0-1 · British Rapidplay 2025 · 2025-03-02
Search all games of the Catalan Opening: Hungarian Gambit and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- uchoba2 (1946) – CM buenamor1972 (2385) 0-1 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Catalan Opening (2… e6 3. g3) 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3
More Catalan Opening lines (all)
- Catalan Opening (3. g3 d5) E00
- Catalan Opening: Open Defense (3… d5 4. Bg2) E01
- Catalan Opening: Tarrasch Defense E01
- Catalan Opening: Open Defense (4. Bg2 dxc4) E02
- Catalan Opening: Open Defense (5… Nbd7 6. Qxc4) E03
- Catalan Opening: Open Defense, Alekhine Variation E03
- Catalan Opening: Open Defense (4… dxc4 5. Nf3) E04
- Catalan Opening: Open Defense (5. Bg2 dxc4) E04
- Catalan Opening: Open Defense, Modern Sharp Variation E04
- Catalan Opening: Open Defense, Classical Line (5. Nf3 Be7) E05
- Catalan Opening: Open Defense, Classical Line (6. O-O dxc4) E05
- Catalan Opening: Closed (4… Be7 5. Nf3) E06
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.