King's Pawn Opening: Speers
1. e4 e5 2. Qg4 Nf6 3. Qf5
The King's Pawn Opening: Speers is a chess opening classified as ECO C20, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. Qg4 Nf6 3. Qf5. It is a line of the King's Pawn Opening. Black is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 84 times by this move order. White won 36%, 4% were drawn and Black won 60%. The most popular continuation is 3… d6 (35% of games).
Engine evaluation: −2.08 (Stockfish, depth 34; best line 3… Nc6 4. Qf3 d5 5. Bb5 dxe4 6. Qc3)
- ECO
- C20
- Moves
- 5 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. Qg4 Nf6 3. Qf5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 76 | |
| 1500-1999 | 8 | |
| All | 84 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 3… d6 | 29 (35%) | |
| 3… Nc6 | 18 (21%) | |
| 3… d5 | 14 (17%) | |
| 3… g6 | 10 (12%) | |
| 3… Qe7 | 3 (4%) | |
| 3… Be7 | 3 (4%) | |
| 3… Bc5 | 2 (2%) | |
| 3… Bb4 | 2 (2%) |
Highest-rated Lichess games
- himanshupadiyar (1630) – magotago (1616) 0-1 · 2026-09-07 · 600 + 0s
- kirill_99_kirill (1614) – vorshod (1611) 0-1 · 2026-09-02 · 600 + 0s
- MXLTM (1691) – Roza1999 (1505) 0-1 · 2026-09-03 · 300 + 3s
Comes from
King's Pawn Game (1. e4 e5) 1. e4 e5
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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.