Kádas Opening: Steinbok Gambit

1. h4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. d3

The Kádas Opening: Steinbok Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO A00, reached after 1. h4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. d3. 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: −0.16 (Stockfish, depth 30; best line 3… exd3 4. Bxd3 Nf6 5. Bg5 e6 6. Nc3)

ECO

A00

Moves

5 plies

FEN

rnbqkbnr/ppppp1pp/8/8/4p2P/3P4/PPP2PP1/RNBQKBNR b KQkq - 0 3

PGN

1. h4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. d3

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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.