English Opening: King's English Variation, Kahiko-Hula Gambit
1. c4 e5 2. e3 Nf6 3. f4 exf4 4. Nf3
The English Opening: King's English Variation, Kahiko-Hula Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO A20, reached after 1. c4 e5 2. e3 Nf6 3. f4 exf4 4. Nf3. It is a line of the English Opening. Black is to move.
This exact move order didn't appear in our sample of 12.6 million Lichess games: it's a rare line.
Engine evaluation: −1.03 (Stockfish, depth 27; best line 4… fxe3 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 c5 7. Bxe3)
- ECO
- A20
- Moves
- 7 plies
- FEN
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1. c4 e5 2. e3 Nf6 3. f4 exf4 4. Nf3
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Comes from
English Opening: King's English Variation (1. c4 e5) 1. c4 e5
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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.