Kádas Opening: Myers Variation
1. h4 d5 2. d4 c5 3. e4
The Kádas Opening: Myers Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO A00, reached after 1. h4 d5 2. d4 c5 3. e4. 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: −0.43 (Stockfish, depth 38; best line 3… dxe4 4. d5 a6 5. a4 Nf6 6. Nc3)
- ECO
- A00
- Moves
- 5 plies
- FEN
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1. h4 d5 2. d4 c5 3. e4
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Master games
29 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 66%, draw 6%, Black 28%). The strongest:
- GM Hans Moke Niemann (2637) – GM Velimir Ivic (2625) 0-1 · chess.com Junior Speed · 2022-05-10
- FM Adrian Soderstrom (2319) – GM Dmitry Andreikin (2729) 0-1 · Titled Tue 15th Aug Late · 2023-08-15
- GM Klementy Sychev (2542) – IM Marius Fromm (2452) 0-1 · Titled Tue 19th Nov Early · 2024-11-19
- GM Klementy Sychev (2532) – IM Alexander Katz (2426) 1-0 · Titled Tue 29th Oct Early · 2024-10-29
- GM Klementy Sychev (2542) – IM Nicolas Brunner (2410) 1-0 · Titled Tue 26th Nov Early · 2024-11-26
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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.