Grob Opening: Grob Gambit

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Overview

Grob Opening: Grob Gambit is a sacrificial opening line filed under ECO A00 in the Flank Openings group. The defining idea is the early concession of material to seize the initiative and unbalance the position.

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. g4 d5 2. Bg2, after 3 plies of opening development.

It branches immediately from Grob Opening in the opening tree.

4 named variations grow from this line, including Grob Opening: Grob Gambit Declined, Basman Gambit, Fritz Gambit, and others.

In total, the branch covers 8 sub-variations across all depths.

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ECO code: A00
Group: Flank Openings (A)
Plies: 3
Parent: Grob Opening
Direct variations: 4
Total in subtree: 8

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Statistics from Lichess

2,524,203 games · White 51.5% / Draw 3.8% / Black 44.7%

Moves	Games	W / D / B
Bxg4	1,107,360
c6	518,661
e5	359,662
e6	177,392
Nc6	114,210
c5	112,746
Nf6	66,147
g6	15,500

Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 00:26:01

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Variations (4)

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Variations (4)

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