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Grob Opening: Zilbermints Gambit
Overview
Grob Opening: Zilbermints 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.
It begins with 5 plies and takes 1. g4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 to reach the canonical position.
The line is a first-level refinement of Grob Opening.
The line splits into 2 documented sub-systems: Schiller Defense, Zilbermints-Hartlaub Gambit.
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- ECO code
- A00
- Group
- Flank Openings (A)
- Plies
- 5
- Parent
- Grob Opening
- Direct variations
- 2
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Statistics from Lichess
3,493 games · White 50.9% / Draw 5.1% / Black 44.0%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| Nf6 | 1,187 | |
| e5 | 504 | |
| Nc6 | 399 | |
| f5 | 282 | |
| Qd4 | 263 | |
| h5 | 169 | |
| b6 | 151 | |
| e3 | 132 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 00:27:18
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