French Defense: Banzai-Leong Gambit, Pinova Gambit
1. e4 e6 2. b4 Bxb4 3. e5
The French Defense: Banzai-Leong Gambit, Pinova Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO C00, reached after 1. e4 e6 2. b4 Bxb4 3. e5. It is a line of the French Defense. 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: −0.93 (Stockfish, depth 30; best line 3… Nh6 4. c3 Be7 5. d4 Nf5 6. Nf3)
- ECO
- C00
- Moves
- 5 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e6 2. b4 Bxb4 3. e5
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French Defense: Banzai-Leong Gambit 1. e4 e6 2. b4
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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.