Latvian Gambit: Lobster Gambit
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. g4
The Latvian Gambit: Lobster Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO C40, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. g4. It is a line of the Latvian Gambit. 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: −2.21 (Stockfish, depth 37; best line 3… fxe4 4. Nxe5 Qe7 5. Nc4 d5 6. Ne3)
- ECO
- C40
- Moves
- 5 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. g4
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Comes from
Latvian Gambit 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5
More Latvian Gambit lines (all)
- Latvian Gambit: Behting Variation C40
- Latvian Gambit: Corkscrew Countergambit C40
- Latvian Gambit: Corkscrew Gambit C40
- Latvian Gambit: Diepstraten Countergambit C40
- Latvian Gambit: Fraser Defense C40
- Latvian Gambit: Greco Variation C40
- Latvian Gambit: Mason Countergambit C40
- Latvian Gambit: Mayet Attack C40
- Latvian Gambit: Mayet Attack, Morgado Defense C40
- Latvian Gambit: Mayet Attack, Poisoned Pawn Variation C40
- Latvian Gambit: Mayet Attack, Polerio-Svedenborg Variation C40
- Latvian Gambit: Mayet Attack, Strautins Gambit C40
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.