Zukertort Opening: Lisitsyn Gambit

1. Nf3 f5 2. e4

The Zukertort Opening: Lisitsyn Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO A04, reached after 1. Nf3 f5 2. e4. It is a line of the Zukertort Opening. Black is to move.

In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 456 times by this move order. White won 51%, 2% were drawn and Black won 47%. The most popular continuation is 2… fxe4 (76% of games).

Engine evaluation: −0.16 (Stockfish, depth 46; best line 2… fxe4 3. Ng5 d5 4. d3 Qd6 5. Nc3)

ECO: A04
Moves: 3 plies
FEN: rnbqkbnr/ppppp1pp/8/5p2/4P3/5N2/PPPP1PPP/RNBQKB1R b KQkq - 0 2
PGN: 1. Nf3 f5 2. e4

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Results by rating

Average rating	Games	White / draw / Black
0-1499	97	51%49%
1500-1999	187	52%45%
2000+	172	49%48%
All	456	51%47%

Most played moves

Move	Games	White / draw / Black
2… fxe4	347 (76%)	52%46%
2… Nf6	33 (7%)	33%67%
2… d6	30 (7%)	50%50%
2… e6	18 (4%)	44%50%
2… f4	9 (2%)	44%56%
2… d5	6 (1%)	83%17%
2… e5	5 (1%)	60%40%
2… Nc6	2 (0%)	50%50%

Master games

252 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 42%, draw 18%, Black 40%). The strongest:

Stoofvlees II d9 (3541) – Reckless 0.10.0-dev-9057bc13 (3749) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 29 Gambit Bonus 2026 · 2026-05-29
Reckless 0.10.0-dev-9057bc13 (3749) – Stoofvlees II d9 (3541) 1/2-1/2 · TCEC 29 Gambit Bonus 2026 · 2026-05-29
GM Vugar Rasulov (2560) – GM Gata Kamsky (2641) 1/2-1/2 · Titled Tue 24th Oct Late · 2023-10-24
GM Volodar Murzin (2547) – GM Mikhail Kobalia (2577) 1/2-1/2 · Sakha (Yakutia) Cup 2023 · 2023-01-29
GM Aleksandr Lenderman (2634) – GM Simon K Williams (2464) 1-0 · Titled Tuesday 2nd June · 2020-06-02

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Highest-rated Lichess games

symbiote (2497) – El_Precisione (2557) 0-1 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
anjin-san (2530) – hoodsbreath (2456) 1-0 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 0s
NM Slava50 (2515) – Dr_Magician4ik (2462) 1-0 · 2026-09-05 · 180 + 0s

Comes from

Zukertort Opening: Dutch Variation 1. Nf3 f5

More Zukertort 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.