French Defense: Hoffmann Gambit
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Qe2 e5 4. f4 exf4
The French Defense: Hoffmann Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO C00, reached after 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Qe2 e5 4. f4 exf4. It is a line of the French Defense. 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: +0.52 (Stockfish, depth 30; best line 5. Bxf4 dxe4 6. Qxe4+ Be7 7. Be5 Nd7)
- ECO
- C00
- Moves
- 8 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Qe2 e5 4. f4 exf4
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Comes from
French Defense (2. d4 d5) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5
More French Defense lines (all)
- French Defense (1. e4 e6) C00
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- French Defense: Baeuerle Gambit C00
- 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.