Ware Opening: Ware Gambit

1. a4 e5 2. a5 d5 3. e3 f5 4. a6

The Ware Opening: Ware Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO A00, reached after 1. a4 e5 2. a5 d5 3. e3 f5 4. a6. It is a line of the Ware 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: −0.45 (Stockfish, depth 31; best line 4… Nxa6 5. Bxa6 bxa6 6. d4 e4 7. Ne2)

ECO: A00
Moves: 7 plies
FEN: rnbqkbnr/ppp3pp/P7/3ppp2/8/4P3/1PPP1PPP/RNBQKBNR b KQkq - 0 4
PGN: 1. a4 e5 2. a5 d5 3. e3 f5 4. a6

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Master games

1 over-the-board game is classified under this line (White 0%, draw 0%, Black 100%). The strongest:

FM Javier Ruiz Vazquez (2255) – GM Krikor Sevag Mekhitarian (2544) 0-1 · Titled Tue 24th Mar 2026 · 2026-03-24

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Ware Opening 1. a4

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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.