Portuguese Opening: Miguel Gambit
1. e4 e5 2. Bb5 Bc5 3. b4
The Portuguese Opening: Miguel Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO C20, reached after 1. e4 e5 2. Bb5 Bc5 3. b4. It is a line of the Portuguese Opening. Black is to move.
In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 2 times by this move order. White won 0%, 0% were drawn and Black won 100%. The most popular continuation is 3… Bb6 (50% of games).
Engine evaluation: −0.74 (Stockfish, depth 29; best line 3… Bxb4 4. Bb2 Nf6 5. Bxe5 O-O 6. Qf3)
- ECO
- C20
- Moves
- 5 plies
- FEN
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1. e4 e5 2. Bb5 Bc5 3. b4
Analyse with Stockfish · Board image (SVG) · Open on Lichess
Results by rating
| Average rating | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 0-1499 | 1 | |
| 1500-1999 | 1 | |
| All | 2 |
Most played moves
| Move | Games | White / draw / Black |
|---|---|---|
| 3… Bb6 | 1 (50%) | |
| 3… Bxb4 | 1 (50%) |
Highest-rated Lichess games
- Wake_UP_Boricua (1416) – ZJZ123SE (1693) 0-1 · 2026-09-01 · 480 + 2s
- miller2j (462) – Mithranpandiyan (631) 0-1 · 2026-09-07 · 600 + 5s
Comes from
Portuguese Opening 1. e4 e5 2. Bb5
More Portuguese Opening lines (all)
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.