Grob Opening: Grob Gambit, Keres Gambit
1. g4 d5 2. Bg2 e5 3. d4 exd4 4. c3
The Grob Opening: Grob Gambit, Keres Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO A00, reached after 1. g4 d5 2. Bg2 e5 3. d4 exd4 4. c3. It is a line of the Grob Opening. Black is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 1 times by this move order. White won 0%, 0% were drawn and Black won 100%. The most popular continuation is 4… dxc3 (100% of games).
Engine evaluation: −1.83 (Stockfish, depth 32; best line 4… Bxg4 5. cxd4 Bd6 6. Nc3 c6 7. h3)
- ECO
- A00
- Moves
- 7 plies
- FEN
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1. g4 d5 2. Bg2 e5 3. d4 exd4 4. c3
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 1 | |
| All | 1 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 4… dxc3 | 1 (100%) |
Highest-rated Lichess games
- brutalhomeless (1145) – mahmoudtur (1150) 0-1 · 2026-09-06 · 600 + 0s
Comes from
Grob Opening: Grob Gambit 1. g4 d5 2. Bg2
More Grob Opening lines (all)
- Grob Opening A00
- Grob Opening: Alessi Gambit A00
- Grob Opening: Double Grob A00
- Grob Opening: Double Grob, Coca-Cola 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, Richter-Grob Gambit A00
- Grob Opening: Keene Defense A00
- Grob Opening: Keene Defense, Main Line A00
- Grob Opening: London Defense 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.