Duras Gambit

1. e4 f5

The Duras Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO B00, reached after 1. e4 f5. White is to move.

In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 13,805 times by this move order. White won 53%, 3% were drawn and Black won 44%. The most popular continuation is 2. exf5 (57% of games).

Engine evaluation: +1.44 (Stockfish, depth 60; best line 2. exf5 Nf6 3. d4 d5 4. Bd3 c5)

ECO: B00
Moves: 2 plies
FEN: rnbqkbnr/ppppp1pp/8/5p2/4P3/8/PPPP1PPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 2
PGN: 1. e4 f5

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Results by rating

Average rating	Games	White / draw / Black
0-1499	5,605	54%43%
1500-1999	7,370	52%45%
2000+	830	53%42%
All	13,805	53%44%

Most played moves

Move	Games	White / draw / Black
2. exf5	7,870 (57%)	53%44%
2. e5	2,215 (16%)	54%44%
2. Nc3	1,195 (9%)	53%44%
2. Nf3	566 (4%)	49%49%
2. d3	496 (4%)	54%42%
2. Bc4	343 (2%)	50%48%
2. Qh5+	285 (2%)	54%42%
2. f3	263 (2%)	52%46%

Master games

132 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 52%, draw 6%, Black 42%). The strongest:

GM Vladimir Fedoseev (2678) – GM Hikaru Nakamura (2736) 1-0 · Speed Super Swiss KO 2020 · 2020-10-04
IM Khagan Ahmad (2405) – GM Samuel Sevian (2694) 0-1 · Titled Tue 8th Apr Late · 2025-04-08
IM Adar Tarhan (2481) – GM Olexandr Bortnyk (2601) 1-0 · Titled Tue 28th Jan Early · 2025-01-28
FM Dawid Janaszak (2282) – GM Chithambaram VR. Aravindh (2712) 1-0 · 2nd 3-0 Thu 27th Nov 2025 · 2025-11-27
FM Aarav Dengla (2357) – GM Olexandr Bortnyk (2604) 0-1 · Titled Tue 11th Oct Late · 2022-10-11

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Highest-rated Lichess games

Sunrise34 (2886) – molecularchemist285 (2837) 1-0 · 2026-09-07 · 180 + 0s
Nana_jede_cevape (2899) – July16Q (2679) 1-0 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
Nana_jede_cevape (2898) – July16Q (2680) 1-0 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s

Comes from

King's Pawn Game (1. e4) 1. e4

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.