Kádas Opening: Kádas Gambit (2… exd4 3. c3)
1. h4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3
The Kádas Opening: Kádas Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO A00, reached after 1. h4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3. It is a line of the Kádas Opening. Black is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 2 times by this move order. White won 0%, 0% were drawn and Black won 100%. The most popular continuation is 3… dxc3 (100% of games).
Engine evaluation: −0.93 (Stockfish, depth 30; best line 3… dxc3 4. Nxc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bb4 6. Qb3)
- ECO
- A00
- Moves
- 5 plies
- FEN
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1. h4 e5 2. d4 exd4 3. c3
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 1 | |
| 1500-1999 | 1 | |
| All | 2 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 3… dxc3 | 2 (100%) |
Master games
6 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 17%, draw 0%, Black 83%). The strongest:
- CM Chris Briscoe (2182) – IM Piotr Brodowski (2471) 1-0 · Titled Tue 5th Nov Late · 2024-11-05
- CM Chris Briscoe (2182) – FM Karol Kucza (2346) 0-1 · Titled Tue 5th Nov Late · 2024-11-05
- CM Chris Briscoe (2182) – GM David Arenas (2337) 0-1 · Titled Tue 5th Nov Late · 2024-11-05
- CM Chris Briscoe (2182) – FM Alexei Gubajdullin (2238) 0-1 · Titled Tue 12th Nov Late · 2024-11-12
- CM Chris Briscoe (2182) – CM Enrique Ric Garcia Herrera (2010) 0-1 · Titled Tue 19th Nov Late · 2024-11-19
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Highest-rated Lichess games
- stepan0011 (1649) – Abdullah_130 (1688) 0-1 · 2026-09-05 · 600 + 0s
- Drcasper2024 (1496) – kunimitsu (1493) 0-1 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 0s
Comes from
Kádas Opening 1. h4
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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.