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- Amar Opening A00
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Amar Opening: Paris Gambit
Overview
Amar Opening: Paris Gambit belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO A00, Flank Openings). It trades material for attacking chances — a classic trade-off that has fascinated players from the Romantic era to modern correspondence chess.
The Flank Openings group covers flank openings — systems that delay the central pawn break and instead develop pieces and pawns on the wings.
Play reaches this position via 1. Nh3 d5 2. g3 e5 3. f4, after 5 plies of opening development.
The line is a first-level refinement of Amar Opening.
It continues primarily into one named line, Gent Gambit.
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- ECO code
- A00
- Group
- Flank Openings (A)
- Plies
- 5
- Parent
- Amar Opening
- Direct variations
- 1
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Statistics from Lichess
8,365 games · White 48.3% / Draw 4.1% / Black 47.6%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| e4 | 3,848 | |
| Bxh3 | 1,691 | |
| Nc6 | 1,145 | |
| exf4 | 907 | |
| Bd6 | 226 | |
| f6 | 192 | |
| Nf6 | 88 | |
| c6 | 81 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 00:25:44
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