English Opening: Anglo-Dutch Defense, Hickmann Gambit
1. c4 f5 2. e4
The English Opening: Anglo-Dutch Defense, Hickmann Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO A10, reached after 1. c4 f5 2. e4. It is a line of the English Opening. Black is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 62 times by this move order. White won 37%, 8% were drawn and Black won 55%. The most popular continuation is 2… fxe4 (56% of games).
Engine evaluation: −0.13 (Stockfish, depth 42; best line 2… fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d3 e5 5. a3)
- ECO
- A10
- Moves
- 3 plies
- FEN
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1. c4 f5 2. e4
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 8 | |
| 1500-1999 | 32 | |
| 2000+ | 22 | |
| All | 62 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 2… fxe4 | 35 (56%) | |
| 2… Nf6 | 8 (13%) | |
| 2… e6 | 6 (10%) | |
| 2… d6 | 5 (8%) | |
| 2… g6 | 4 (6%) | |
| 2… e5 | 2 (3%) | |
| 2… f4 | 1 (2%) |
Master games
35 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 46%, draw 14%, Black 40%). The strongest:
- GM Maksim Chigaev (2622) – GM Gergely Antal (2585) 1-0 · Titled Tue 9th Jan Early · 2024-01-09
- IM Vojtech Zwardon (2479) – GM Bassem Amin (2686) 0-1 · Titled Tuesday 19th May · 2020-05-19
- GM Visakh N R (2516) – GM Olexandr Bortnyk (2604) 1/2-1/2 · Titled Tuesday 31st Aug · 2021-08-31
- GM Maksim Chigaev (2619) – GM Simon K Williams (2464) 1-0 · Titled Tuesday 1st Dec · 2020-12-01
- IM Vojtech Zwardon (2479) – GM Aleksandr Shimanov (2593) 1-0 · Titled Tuesday 23rd June · 2020-06-23
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Highest-rated Lichess games
- Efemer88 (2355) – Diometriy (2541) 0-1 · 2026-09-01 · 300 + 0s
- Kisyam (2405) – Belgianmaster (2213) 1-0 · 2026-09-02 · 300 + 0s
- therealgab (2213) – iamalwaysdownapawn (2261) 1-0 · 2026-09-07 · 600 + 0s
Comes from
English Opening: Anglo-Dutch Defense 1. c4 f5
More English Opening lines (all)
- English Opening A10
- English Opening: Achilles-Omega Gambit A10
- English Opening: Adorjan Defense A10
- English Opening: Anglo-Dutch Variation, Chabanon Gambit A10
- English Opening: Anglo-Dutch Variation, Ferenc Gambit A10
- English Opening: Anglo-Lithuanian Variation A10
- English Opening: Anglo-Scandinavian Defense A10
- English Opening: Anglo-Scandinavian Defense, Löhn Gambit A10
- English Opening: Anglo-Scandinavian Defense, Malvinas Variation A10
- English Opening: Anglo-Scandinavian Defense, Schulz Gambit A10
- English Opening: Great Snake Variation A10
- English Opening: Jaenisch Gambit A10
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.