Clemenz Opening: Spike Lee Gambit
1. h3 h5 2. g4
The Clemenz Opening: Spike Lee Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO A00, reached after 1. h3 h5 2. g4. It is a line of the Clemenz Opening. Black is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 10 times by this move order. White won 30%, 10% were drawn and Black won 60%. The most popular continuation is 2… hxg4 (70% of games).
Engine evaluation: −1.13 (Stockfish, depth 31; best line 2… hxg4 3. Bg2 d5 4. Nc3 gxh3 5. Bxd5)
- ECO
- A00
- Moves
- 3 plies
- FEN
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1. h3 h5 2. g4
Analyse with Stockfish · Board image (SVG) · Open on Lichess
Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 9 | |
| 1500-1999 | 1 | |
| All | 10 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 2… hxg4 | 7 (70%) | |
| 2… g5 | 1 (10%) | |
| 2… e6 | 1 (10%) | |
| 2… e5 | 1 (10%) |
Highest-rated Lichess games
- APlus_05 (1872) – walterd190 (1835) 0-1 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
- karrick99 (1239) – gretuzza (1461) 1-0 · 2026-09-06 · 10800 + 0s
- blkplatinum (1060) – LonelyWolf70 (1090) 1-0 · 2026-09-06 · 300 + 0s
Comes from
Clemenz Opening 1. h3
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.