Kádas Opening: Kádas Gambit (1… c5 2. b4)
1. h4 c5 2. b4
The Kádas Opening: Kádas Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO A00, reached after 1. h4 c5 2. b4. It is a line of the Kádas 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: −1.03 (Stockfish, depth 32; best line 2… cxb4 3. Bb2 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. g3)
- ECO
- A00
- Moves
- 3 plies
- FEN
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1. h4 c5 2. b4
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Master games
1 over-the-board game is classified under this line (White 0%, draw 0%, Black 100%). The strongest:
- CM Chris Briscoe (2182) – FM Nikolaos Aggelis (2289) 0-1 · Titled Tue 21st Jan Late · 2025-01-21
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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.