Hungarian Opening: Burk Gambit

1. g3 e5 2. a3 d5 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nh4 Be7 5. d3

Hungarian Opening: Burk Gambit after 1. g3 e5 2. a3 d5 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nh4 Be7 5. d3 87654321abcdefgh

The Hungarian Opening: Burk Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO A00, reached after 1. g3 e5 2. a3 d5 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nh4 Be7 5. d3. It is a line of the Hungarian Opening. Black 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: −0.79 (Stockfish, depth 30; best line 5… f5 6. Ng2 Nf6 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bxf6)

ECO
A00
Moves
9 plies
FEN
rnbqk1nr/ppp1bppp/8/3p4/4p2N/P2P2P1/1PP1PP1P/RNBQKB1R b KQkq - 0 5
PGN
1. g3 e5 2. a3 d5 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nh4 Be7 5. d3

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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.