Fried Fox Defense

1. e4 f6 2. d4 Kf7

The Fried Fox Defense is a chess opening classified as ECO B00, reached after 1. e4 f6 2. d4 Kf7. White is to move.

In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 453 times by this move order. White won 55%, 3% were drawn and Black won 42%. The most popular continuation is 3. Bc4+ (30% of games).

Engine evaluation: +1.84 (Stockfish, depth 32; best line 3. Nc3 e6 4. d5 e5 5. f4 d6)

ECO: B00
Moves: 4 plies
FEN: rnbq1bnr/pppppkpp/5p2/8/3PP3/8/PPP2PPP/RNBQKBNR w KQ - 1 3
PGN: 1. e4 f6 2. d4 Kf7

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Results by rating

Average rating	Games	White / draw / Black
0-1499	84	56%40%
1500-1999	221	54%44%
2000+	148	55%39%
All	453	55%42%

Most played moves

Move	Games	White / draw / Black
3. Bc4+	137 (30%)	55%42%
3. Nf3	100 (22%)	51%43%
3. Nc3	53 (12%)	58%42%
3. f4	40 (9%)	50%40%
3. c4	37 (8%)	68%30%
3. e5	24 (5%)	46%50%
3. Bd3	16 (4%)	50%50%
3. Qh5+	14 (3%)	36%57%

Master games

37 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 46%, draw 5%, Black 49%). The strongest:

GM Erigaisi Arjun (2778) – Mikolaj Nowak (2310) 1-0 · Titled Tue 20th Aug Early · 2024-08-20
IM Marcelo Playa (2376) – IM Mihnea Costachi (2471) 0-1 · Titled Tue 11th Aug · 2020-08-11
WGM Elvira Berend (2326) – IM Mihnea Costachi (2471) 0-1 · Titled Tuesday 15th June · 2021-06-15
GM Aleksandra Goryachkina (2546) – FM Steven Rojas Salas (2223) 1/2-1/2 · Titled Tue 24th Dec Early · 2024-12-24
IM Georgios Souleidis (2418) – Mikolaj Nowak (2310) 0-1 · Titled Tue 20th Aug Early · 2024-08-20

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Highest-rated Lichess games

SergeiRK (2470) – Pblu35 (2613) 1-0 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
Dammaceno (2468) – Paturebinhagmail (2430) 0-1 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
GreatAttacker (2483) – Paturebinhagmail (2385) 0-1 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 0s

Comes from

Barnes Defense 1. e4 f6

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.