English Opening: Zilbermints Gambit

1. c4 g5 2. d4 e5

English Opening: Zilbermints Gambit after 1. c4 g5 2. d4 e5 87654321abcdefgh

The English Opening: Zilbermints Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO A10, reached after 1. c4 g5 2. d4 e5. It is a line of the English Opening. White 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: +1.47 (Stockfish, depth 30; best line 3. Nc3 h6 4. h4 g4 5. dxe5 Nc6)

ECO
A10
Moves
4 plies
FEN
rnbqkbnr/pppp1p1p/8/4p1p1/2PP4/8/PP2PPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 3
PGN
1. c4 g5 2. d4 e5

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Comes from

English Opening: Myers Defense 1. c4 g5

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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.