Grob Opening: Spike, Hurst Attack
1. g4 e5 2. Bg2 d5 3. c4
The Grob Opening: Spike, Hurst Attack is a chess opening classified as ECO A00, reached after 1. g4 e5 2. Bg2 d5 3. c4. 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 1,643 times by this move order. White won 55%, 4% were drawn and Black won 41%. The most popular continuation is 3… c6 (30% of games).
Engine evaluation: −1.36 (Stockfish, depth 32; best line 3… dxc4 4. Nc3 h5 5. gxh5 Rxh5 6. Qa4+)
- ECO
- A00
- Moves
- 5 plies
- FEN
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1. g4 e5 2. Bg2 d5 3. c4
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 499 | |
| 1500-1999 | 1,078 | |
| 2000+ | 66 | |
| All | 1,643 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 3… c6 | 490 (30%) | |
| 3… d4 | 358 (22%) | |
| 3… dxc4 | 293 (18%) | |
| 3… Bxg4 | 175 (11%) | |
| 3… e4 | 117 (7%) | |
| 3… Nf6 | 85 (5%) | |
| 3… Be6 | 81 (5%) | |
| 3… Ne7 | 17 (1%) |
Master games
32 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 53%, draw 9%, Black 38%). The strongest:
- GM Gareev, T. (2591) – GM Alexander Moiseenko (2579) 0-1 · Chess.com RCC Wk18 Swiss · 2022-06-11
- GM Gareev, T. (2569) – GM Marat Makarov (2505) 1-0 · World Rapid 2018 · 2018-12-26
- FM Pedro Ramon Martinez Reyes (2422) – GM Johan-Sebastian Christiansen (2617) 0-1 · Titled Tuesday 22nd Sept · 2020-09-22
- GM Ian Nepomniachtchi (2733) – FM Sergey Tugaj (2247) 1-0 · Titled Tue 23rd Jun 2026 · 2026-06-23
- IM Ruben Domingo Nunez (2390) – IM Tom Decuigniere (2384) 1/2-1/2 · Titled Tue 8th Oct Late · 2024-10-08
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Highest-rated Lichess games
- langsam1967 (2366) – ana_7azeen (2493) 1-0 · 2026-09-06 · 300 + 0s
- Darth__Nihilus (2448) – Rvlc (2399) 1-0 · 2026-09-01 · 180 + 0s
- Dgek777 (2373) – lmc1997 (2471) 0-1 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 2s
Comes from
Grob Opening 1. g4
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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.