Van't Kruijs Opening: Keoni-Hiva Gambit, Akahi Variation

1. e3 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 exf4 4. Nf3

The Van't Kruijs Opening: Keoni-Hiva Gambit, Akahi Variation is a chess opening classified as ECO A00, reached after 1. e3 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 exf4 4. Nf3. It is a line of the Van't Kruijs Opening. 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: −0.98 (Stockfish, depth 36; best line 4… d5 5. exf4 Bd6 6. Nb5 O-O 7. Nxd6)

ECO

A00

Moves

7 plies

FEN

rnbqkb1r/pppp1ppp/5n2/8/5p2/2N1PN2/PPPP2PP/R1BQKB1R b KQkq - 1 4

PGN

1. e3 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. f4 exf4 4. Nf3

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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.