Latvian Gambit: Mayet Attack, Strautins Gambit
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Bc4 b5
The Latvian Gambit: Mayet Attack, Strautins Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO C40, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Bc4 b5. It is a line of the Latvian Gambit. White is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 4 times by this move order. White won 100%, 0% were drawn and Black won 0%. The most popular continuation is 4. Bxg8 (50% of games).
Engine evaluation: +1.56 (Stockfish, depth 23; best line 4. Bb3 Nc6 5. O-O Bb7 6. d3 fxe4)
- ECO
- C40
- Moves
- 6 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Bc4 b5
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Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 1 | |
| 1500-1999 | 3 | |
| All | 4 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 4. Bxg8 | 2 (50%) | |
| 4. Bb3 | 1 (25%) | |
| 4. Bd5 | 1 (25%) |
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Nema03 (1994) – Copawn (1850) 1-0 · 2026-09-01 · 600 + 0s
- madsmacol (1989) – Ruvim3333333 (1757) 1-0 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 0s
- dimentionwalk (1526) – Abzyolo2020 (1518) 1-0 · 2026-09-06 · 300 + 3s
Comes from
Latvian Gambit: Mayet Attack 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 f5 3. Bc4
More Latvian Gambit lines (all)
- Latvian Gambit C40
- 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: Lobster Gambit C40
- Latvian Gambit: Mason Countergambit C40
- Latvian Gambit: Mayet Attack, Morgado Defense C40
- Latvian Gambit: Mayet Attack, Poisoned Pawn Variation C40
- Latvian Gambit: Mayet Attack, Polerio-Svedenborg Variation 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.