Grob Opening: Grob Gambit Declined

1. g4 d5 2. Bg2 c6

The Grob Opening: Grob Gambit Declined is a chess opening classified as ECO A00, reached after 1. g4 d5 2. Bg2 c6. It is a line of the Grob Opening. White is to move. 2 named lines continue from this position.

In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 1,540 times by this move order. White won 47%, 4% were drawn and Black won 49%. The most popular continuation is 3. c4 (44% of games).

Engine evaluation: −0.81 (Stockfish, depth 46; best line 3. g5 h6 4. d4 hxg5 5. Bxg5 Qb6)

ECO: A00
Moves: 4 plies
FEN: rnbqkbnr/pp2pppp/2p5/3p4/6P1/8/PPPPPPBP/RNBQK1NR w KQkq - 0 3
PGN: 1. g4 d5 2. Bg2 c6

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Results by rating

Average rating	Games	White / draw / Black
0-1499	208	50%48%
1500-1999	976	46%50%
2000+	356	49%47%
All	1,540	47%49%

Most played moves

Move	Games	White / draw / Black
3. c4	678 (44%)	48%47%
3. h3	383 (25%)	51%46%
3. g5 Spike Attack	303 (20%)	46%50%
3. e3	75 (5%)	36%59%
3. c3	33 (2%)	30%70%
3. d4	18 (1%)	39%56%
3. e4	12 (1%)	58%42%
3. d3	10 (1%)	30%70%

Master games

500 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 46%, draw 7%, Black 47%). The strongest:

GM Hikaru Nakamura (2768) – GM Alireza Firouzja (2785) 1/2-1/2 · Titled Tue 18th Oct Late · 2022-10-18
GM Hikaru Nakamura (2749) – GM Alexey Sarana (2630) 1-0 · PRO League Group Stage · 2019-03-13
GM Hikaru Nakamura (2768) – IM Tuan Minh Le (2542) 0-1 · Titled Tue 18th Oct Early · 2022-10-18
GM Ian Nepomniachtchi (2732) – GM Nitzan Steinberg (2556) 1-0 · Titled Tue 25th Nov 2025 · 2025-11-25
GM Hikaru Nakamura (2768) – GM Oskar Wieczorek (2504) 1-0 · Titled Tue 18th Oct Early · 2022-10-18

Search all games of the Grob Opening: Grob Gambit Declined and its sub-variations

Highest-rated Lichess games

fifteen_yo_captain (2506) – GM FCChelsea14 (2698) 1-0 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 0s
JohnWaball (2634) – Bitcoinchef3 (2563) 0-1 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 2s
Darth__Nihilus (2460) – rustevs (2537) 0-1 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 0s

Comes from

Grob Opening: Grob Gambit 1. g4 d5 2. Bg2

Continuations

Grob Opening: Spike Attack A00 · 1. g4 d5 2. Bg2 c6 3. g5
Grob Opening: Grob Gambit, Richter-Grob Gambit A00 · 1. g4 d5 2. Bg2 c6 3. c4 dxc4 4. b3

More Grob Opening lines (all)

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.