Grob Opening: Double Grob
1. g4 g5
The Grob Opening: Double Grob is a chess opening classified as ECO A00, reached after 1. g4 g5. It is a line of the Grob Opening. White is to move. 1 named line continues from this position.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 381 times by this move order. White won 47%, 8% were drawn and Black won 45%. The most popular continuation is 2. Bg2 (50% of games).
Engine evaluation: +0.20 (Stockfish, depth 48; best line 2. d4 d5 3. Bxg5 Bxg4 4. Nc3 Nc6)
- ECO
- A00
- Moves
- 2 plies
- FEN
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1. g4 g5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 260 | |
| 1500-1999 | 104 | |
| 2000+ | 17 | |
| All | 381 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 2. Bg2 | 190 (50%) | |
| 2. h4 | 39 (10%) | |
| 2. d4 | 26 (7%) | |
| 2. Nf3 | 21 (6%) | |
| 2. f4 Double Grob, Coca-Cola Gambit | 15 (4%) | |
| 2. e4 | 14 (4%) | |
| 2. b4 | 11 (3%) | |
| 2. Bh3 | 10 (3%) |
Master games
31 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 42%, draw 6%, Black 52%). The strongest:
- GM Magnus Carlsen (2837) – GM Hikaru Nakamura (2804) 1-0 · Titled Tue 13th May Early · 2025-05-13
- GM Yi Wei (2721) – GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (2774) 0-1 · chess.com Speed 2019 · 2019-09-03
- GM Hikaru Nakamura (2766) – GM Matthias Bluebaum (2663) 1-0 · Titled Tue 31st May Early · 2022-05-31
- GM David Paravyan (2642) – GM Daniil Dubov (2714) 0-1 · Lindores Abbey Tal Mem · 2021-11-08
- GM Hikaru Nakamura (2768) – GM Mikhail Golubev (2461) 1-0 · Titled Tue 18th Oct Late · 2022-10-18
Search all games of the Grob Opening: Double Grob and its sub-variations
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Salmon4ik (2305) – ja_sem_netoperek (2305) 0-1 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 2s
- Grobben (2195) – Tonetiiiii (2173) 0-1 · 2026-09-01 · 300 + 0s
- Viktor_Kabanov14 (2221) – Aflatoon2 (2107) 0-1 · 2026-09-06 · 300 + 0s
Comes from
Grob Opening 1. g4
Continuations
- Grob Opening: Double Grob, Coca-Cola Gambit A00 · 1. g4 g5 2. f4
More Grob Opening lines (all)
- Grob Opening: Alessi Gambit A00
- Grob Opening: Grob Gambit A00
- Grob Opening: Grob Gambit Declined A00
- Grob Opening: Grob Gambit, Basman Gambit A00
- Grob Opening: Grob Gambit, Fritz Gambit A00
- Grob Opening: Grob Gambit, Fritz Gambit, Romford Countergambit A00
- Grob Opening: Grob Gambit, Keres Gambit A00
- Grob Opening: Grob Gambit, Richter-Grob Gambit A00
- Grob Opening: Keene Defense A00
- Grob Opening: Keene Defense, Main Line A00
- Grob Opening: London Defense A00
- Grob Opening: Romford Countergambit A00
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.