Zukertort Opening: Tennison Gambit

1. e4 d5 2. Nf3

Zukertort Opening: Tennison Gambit after 1. e4 d5 2. Nf3 87654321abcdefgh

The Zukertort Opening: Tennison Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO A06, reached after 1. e4 d5 2. Nf3. It is a line of the Zukertort Opening. Black is to move. 1 named line continues from this position.

In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 44,170 times by this move order. White won 46%, 4% were drawn and Black won 50%. The most popular continuation is 2… dxe4 (86% of games).

Engine evaluation: −0.75 (Stockfish, depth 46; best line 2… dxe4 3. Ng5 e5 4. h4 Be7 5. Nxe4)

ECO
A06
Moves
3 plies
FEN
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PGN
1. e4 d5 2. Nf3

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Results by rating

Average ratingGamesWhite / draw / Black
0-149923,20345%51%
1500-199919,08348%49%
2000+1,88448%47%
All44,17046%50%

Most played moves

MoveGamesWhite / draw / Black
2… dxe437,903 (86%)46%51%
2… d41,398 (3%)49%47%
2… Nf6952 (2%)51%46%
2… e6915 (2%)50%47%
2… Bg4912 (2%)46%49%
2… c6677 (2%)48%49%
2… Nc6526 (1%)54%43%
2… e5247 (1%)52%44%

Master games

195 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 39%, draw 11%, Black 50%). The strongest:

Search all games of the Zukertort Opening: Tennison Gambit and its sub-variations

Highest-rated Lichess games

Comes from

Scandinavian Defense (1. e4 d5) 1. e4 d5

Continuations

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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.