King's Pawn Game: Wayward Queen Attack, Mellon Gambit

1. e4 e5 2. Qh5 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nh6 4. d3 g6 5. Qf3 f6 6. Ne2 d5

The King's Pawn Game: Wayward Queen Attack, Mellon Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO C20, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. Qh5 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nh6 4. d3 g6 5. Qf3 f6 6. Ne2 d5. It is a line of the King's Pawn Game. White 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: +1.36 (Stockfish, depth 31; best line 7. Bxd5 Qd6 8. h3 Bd7 9. Na3 O-O-O)

ECO

C20

Moves

12 plies

FEN

r1bqkb1r/ppp4p/2n2ppn/3pp3/2B1P3/3P1Q2/PPP1NPPP/RNB1K2R w KQkq - 0 7

PGN

1. e4 e5 2. Qh5 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nh6 4. d3 g6 5. Qf3 f6 6. Ne2 d5

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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.