King's Gambit Declined: Hobbs-Zilbermints Gambit

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Nc6 3. Nf3 g5 4. fxg5 h6

King's Gambit Declined: Hobbs-Zilbermints Gambit after 1. e4 e5 2. f4 Nc6 3. Nf3 g5 4. fxg5 h6 87654321abcdefgh

The King's Gambit Declined: Hobbs-Zilbermints Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO C30, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. f4 Nc6 3. Nf3 g5 4. fxg5 h6. It is a line of the King's Gambit Declined. White 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 0%, 0% were drawn and Black won 100%. The most popular continuation is 5. gxh6 (100% of games).

Engine evaluation: +1.10 (Stockfish, depth 30; best line 5. Nc3 hxg5 6. d4 f6 7. d5 g4)

ECO
C30
Moves
8 plies
FEN
r1bqkbnr/pppp1p2/2n4p/4p1P1/4P3/5N2/PPPP2PP/RNBQKB1R w KQkq - 0 5
PGN
1. e4 e5 2. f4 Nc6 3. Nf3 g5 4. fxg5 h6

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Results by rating

Average ratingGamesWhite / draw / Black
2000+1100%
All1100%

Most played moves

MoveGamesWhite / draw / Black
5. gxh61 (100%)100%

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King's Gambit Declined: Zilbermints Double Gambit 1. e4 e5 2. f4 Nc6 3. Nf3 g5

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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.