Hungarian Opening: Paris Gambit

1. g3 e5 2. Nh3 d5 3. f4 Bxh3 4. Bxh3 exf4 5. O-O

Hungarian Opening: Paris Gambit after 1. g3 e5 2. Nh3 d5 3. f4 Bxh3 4. Bxh3 exf4 5. O-O 87654321abcdefgh

The Hungarian Opening: Paris Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO A00, reached after 1. g3 e5 2. Nh3 d5 3. f4 Bxh3 4. Bxh3 exf4 5. O-O. 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: −1.25 (Stockfish, depth 30; best line 5… fxg3 6. hxg3 Nf6 7. d4 Be7 8. Qd3)

ECO
A00
Moves
9 plies
FEN
rn1qkbnr/ppp2ppp/8/3p4/5p2/6PB/PPPPP2P/RNBQ1RK1 b kq - 1 5
PGN
1. g3 e5 2. Nh3 d5 3. f4 Bxh3 4. Bxh3 exf4 5. O-O

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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.