Opening name: Lisitsin Gambit
Opening line: 1. Nf3 f5 2. e4 fxe4
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Winning percentages
White: 120 (37.85%)
Black: 108 (34.07%)
Draws: 89 (28.08%)
Lisitsin Gambit
Black logically accepted White's gambit and is now attacking White's f3-knight. By far the best move to save it is 3. Ng5. On d4 or e5 it can be kicked by pawns, on h4 it does nothing (as long as Black is wary of a Qh5 check) but on g5 it forces Black to defend her e4-pawn.
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Engine Evaluation
Depth: 38
Score: 0.0
Best Move: Ng5
PV Line: 1. Nf3 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Ng5 e5 4. d3 Nf6 5. dxe4 h6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bc4 Bc5
Historical games for Lisitsin Gambit
| Game | Result | Year |
| Bu, Xiangzhi (2714) vs Zhang, Zhong (2649) | 1/2-1/2 | 2008 |
| Kazhgaleyev, Murtas (2599) vs Nikolic, Predrag (2657) | 0-1 | 2007 |
| Lautier, Joel (2560) vs Bareev, Evgeny (2680) | 1/2-1/2 | 1991 |
| Vaganian, Rafael A (2625) vs Georgiev, Kiril (2595) | 0-1 | 1988 |
| Rohde, Michael A (2585) vs Palatnik, Semon (2510) | 1-0 | 1992 |
| Zaibi, A.. (2381) vs Amin, B.. (2695) | 1/2-1/2 | 2021 |
| Malakhatko, Vadim (2435) vs Onischuk, Alexander (2630) | 1/2-1/2 | 1998 |
| Darcyl, T. (2405) vs Granda Zuniga, J. (2658) | 0-1 | 2017 |
| Piket, Jeroen (2615) vs Van Mil, Johan (2445) | 1-0 | 1992 |
| Bordovsky, Vladimir (2425) vs Kuzubov, Y. (2635) | 0-1 | 2016 |