French Defense: Baeuerle Gambit
1. e4 e6 2. d4 b5
The French Defense: Baeuerle Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO C00, reached after 1. e4 e6 2. d4 b5. It is a line of the French Defense. White is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 118 times by this move order. White won 47%, 4% were drawn and Black won 49%. The most popular continuation is 3. Bxb5 (48% of games).
Engine evaluation: +1.75 (Stockfish, depth 50; best line 3. Bxb5 Bb7 4. Qe2 Nf6 5. Nd2 Be7)
- ECO
- C00
- Moves
- 4 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 b5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 33 | |
| 1500-1999 | 59 | |
| 2000+ | 26 | |
| All | 118 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 3. Bxb5 | 57 (48%) | |
| 3. Nf3 | 23 (19%) | |
| 3. Nc3 | 9 (8%) | |
| 3. e5 | 6 (5%) | |
| 3. Nd2 | 5 (4%) | |
| 3. d5 | 5 (4%) | |
| 3. c4 | 4 (3%) | |
| 3. Bd3 | 3 (3%) |
Master games
6 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 33%, draw 17%, Black 50%). The strongest:
- IM Dusan Radovanovic (2311) – FM Dawid Janaszak (2322) 1/2-1/2 · Titled Tue 29th Nov Late · 2022-11-29
- Matthias Pflug (2305) – Johannes Kroell (2205) 0-1 · TCh-AUT 2 West 2012-13 · 2013-01-13
- FM Bjorn 1971 Andersson (2147) – CM Sarveshwaran V (2290) 0-1 · Titled Tue 13th May Early · 2025-05-13
- Robert Sandholzer (2155) – Johannes Kroell (2205) 1-0 · TCh-AUT 2 West 2012-13 · 2013-03-09
- Mert Acikel (1883) – Arunn Mark Udaykumar (1724) 0-1 · ch-GER Youth U25 2016 · 2016-05-18
Search all games of the French Defense: Baeuerle Gambit and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- MSNCHESS1 (2405) – mattmachtmatt (2266) 1-0 · 2026-09-07 · 180 + 2s
- dronkiraly (2386) – mattmachtmatt (2247) 1-0 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 2s
- Samy1975 (2375) – mattmachtmatt (2251) 1-0 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 2s
Comes from
French Defense: Normal Variation 1. e4 e6 2. d4
More French Defense lines (all)
- French Defense (1. e4 e6) C00
- French Defense (2. d4 d5) C00
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- French Defense: Banzai-Leong Gambit C00
- French Defense: Banzai-Leong Gambit, Pinova Gambit C00
- French Defense: Bird Invitation C00
- French Defense: Carlson Gambit C00
- French Defense: Chigorin Variation C00
- French Defense: Diemer-Duhm Gambit C00
- French Defense: Diemer-Duhm Gambit Accepted C00
- French Defense: Franco-Hiva Gambit C00
- French Defense: Franco-Hiva Gambit Accepted C00
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.