Grob Opening: Keene Defense, Main Line

1. g4 d5 2. h3 e5 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 e4 5. c4 Bd6 6. Nc3 Ne7

The Grob Opening: Keene Defense, Main Line is a chess opening classified as ECO A00, reached after 1. g4 d5 2. h3 e5 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 e4 5. c4 Bd6 6. Nc3 Ne7. It is a line of the Grob Opening. 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: −0.97 (Stockfish, depth 37; best line 7. Bd2 a5 8. e3 O-O 9. cxd5 cxd5)

ECO: A00
Moves: 12 plies
FEN: rnbqk2r/pp2nppp/2pb4/3p4/2PPp1P1/2N4P/PP2PPB1/R1BQK1NR w KQkq - 3 7
PGN: 1. g4 d5 2. h3 e5 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 e4 5. c4 Bd6 6. Nc3 Ne7

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Master games

8 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 25%, draw 12%, Black 63%). The strongest:

FM Orest Vovk (2315) – GM Sergei Zhigalko (2572) 1/2-1/2 · Titled Tue 18th Jul Early · 2023-07-18
FM Orest Vovk (2315) – GM Jose Carlos Ibarra Jerez (2563) 0-1 · Titled Tue 27th Jun Early · 2023-06-27
FM Orest Vovk (2315) – GM Danyyil Dvirnyy (2480) 0-1 · Titled Tuesday 23rd Mar · 2021-03-23
IM Basman, M. (2313) – IM Richard A Bates (2374) 0-1 · 1st Peter Poobalasingam · 2018-09-09
Sauli Tiitta (2200) – GM Jouni Yrjola (2372) 0-1 · 23rd Heart of FIN · 2013-07-12

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Grob Opening: Keene Defense 1. g4 d5 2. h3 e5 3. Bg2 c6

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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.