Hungarian Opening: Reversed Brooklyn Defense, Brooklyn Benko Gambit
1. g3 e5 2. Nf3 e4 3. Ng1 Nf6 4. b4
The Hungarian Opening: Reversed Brooklyn Defense, Brooklyn Benko Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO A00, reached after 1. g3 e5 2. Nf3 e4 3. Ng1 Nf6 4. b4. 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: −2.00 (Stockfish, depth 32; best line 4… Bxb4 5. Bb2 d5 6. Bg2 Nc6 7. e3)
- ECO
- A00
- Moves
- 7 plies
- FEN
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1. g3 e5 2. Nf3 e4 3. Ng1 Nf6 4. b4
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Comes from
Hungarian Opening: Reversed Alekhine 1. g3 e5 2. Nf3
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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.