Hungarian Opening: Winterberg Gambit
1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 e5 3. c4 dxc4 4. b3
The Hungarian Opening: Winterberg Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO A00, reached after 1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 e5 3. c4 dxc4 4. b3. It is a line of the Hungarian Opening. Black is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 1 times by this move order. White won 100%, 0% were drawn and Black won 0%. The most popular continuation is 4… cxb3 (100% of games).
Engine evaluation: −0.87 (Stockfish, depth 30; best line 4… cxb3 5. Qxb3 Nc6 6. Bb2 Bd6 7. Bxc6+)
- ECO
- A00
- Moves
- 7 plies
- FEN
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1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 e5 3. c4 dxc4 4. b3
Analyse with Stockfish · Board image (SVG) · Open on Lichess
Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 1500-1999 | 1 | |
| All | 1 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 4… cxb3 | 1 (100%) |
Highest-rated Lichess games
- SuryaRaghav2010 (1861) – Ayoob_27 (1868) 1-0 · 2026-09-06 · 300 + 3s
Comes from
Hungarian Opening 1. g3
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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.