King's Pawn Game: Weber Gambit

1. e4 e5 2. d3 d5 3. exd5 c6 4. dxc6 Nxc6

The King's Pawn Game: Weber Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO C20, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. d3 d5 3. exd5 c6 4. dxc6 Nxc6. It is a line of the King's Pawn Game. White is to move.

In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 56 times by this move order. White won 46%, 6% were drawn and Black won 48%. The most popular continuation is 5. Nf3 (39% of games).

Engine evaluation: +0.35 (Stockfish, depth 30; best line 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Nbd2 Qc7 7. Be2 Be7)

ECO: C20
Moves: 8 plies
FEN: r1bqkbnr/pp3ppp/2n5/4p3/8/3P4/PPP2PPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 5
PGN: 1. e4 e5 2. d3 d5 3. exd5 c6 4. dxc6 Nxc6

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Results by rating

Average rating	Games	White / draw / Black
0-1499	29	55%41%
1500-1999	27	37%56%
All	56	46%48%

Most played moves

Move	Games	White / draw / Black
5. Nf3	22 (39%)	41%50%
5. Nc3	10 (18%)	40%60%
5. Be2	7 (13%)	14%86%
5. Be3	6 (11%)	83%17%
5. c3	3 (5%)	67%33%
5. c4	2 (4%)	100%
5. g3	1 (2%)	100%
5. f4	1 (2%)	100%

Highest-rated Lichess games

Zeyd_88 (1953) – RadwanDaniel06 (1993) 0-1 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
leon2112 (1932) – beqiri (1958) 1-0 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
sergeybasov1957 (1874) – liaxos (1914) 0-1 · 2026-09-07 · 180 + 0s

Comes from

King's Pawn Game: Leonardis Variation 1. e4 e5 2. 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.