Opening family
Grob Opening Lines and Variations
The Grob Opening family contains 20 named lines in this opening book, spanning ECO A00. Use this page as the map, then open individual lines for exact move orders and diagrams.
How to study this family
White
White should use the move order as a checkpoint: finish development, identify the central break, and compare the continuations below before memorizing moves.
Black
Black should ask what White is threatening in the center, then choose development moves that prepare a clean pawn break or a useful exchange.
Start with the shortest line, then branch to the variations that change the pawn structure or tactical target. Memorizing every branch before understanding the family plan is usually wasted work.
Main named lines
- A00 · Grob Opening
- A00 · Grob Opening: Alessi Gambit
- A00 · Grob Opening: Double Grob
- A00 · Grob Opening: Double Grob, Coca-Cola Gambit
- A00 · Grob Opening: Grob Gambit
- A00 · Grob Opening: Grob Gambit Declined
- A00 · Grob Opening: London Defense
- A00 · Grob Opening: Grob Gambit, Basman Gambit
- A00 · Grob Opening: Grob Gambit, Fritz Gambit
- A00 · Grob Opening: Spike Attack
- A00 · Grob Opening: Spike, Hurst Attack
- A00 · Grob Opening: Zilbermints Gambit
- A00 · Grob Opening: Keene Defense
- A00 · Grob Opening: Romford Countergambit
- A00 · Grob Opening: Zilbermints Gambit, Schiller Defense
- A00 · Grob Opening: Grob Gambit, Keres Gambit
- A00 · Grob Opening: Grob Gambit, Richter-Grob Gambit
- A00 · Grob Opening: Zilbermints Gambit, Zilbermints-Hartlaub Gambit
- A00 · Grob Opening: Grob Gambit, Fritz Gambit, Romford Countergambit
- A00 · Grob Opening: Keene Defense, Main Line
Deep theory branches
- 1. g4 d5 2. h3 e5 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 e4 5. c4 Bd6 6. Nc3 Ne7 — Grob Opening: Keene Defense, Main Line
- 1. g4 d5 2. Bg2 Bxg4 3. c4 d4 4. Bxb7 Nd7 5. Bxa8 Qxa8 — Grob Opening: Grob Gambit, Fritz Gambit, Romford Countergambit
- 1. g4 d5 2. Bg2 e5 3. d4 exd4 4. c3 — Grob Opening: Grob Gambit, Keres Gambit
- 1. g4 d5 2. Bg2 c6 3. c4 dxc4 4. b3 — Grob Opening: Grob Gambit, Richter-Grob Gambit
- 1. g4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 e5 4. d3 — Grob Opening: Zilbermints Gambit, Zilbermints-Hartlaub Gambit
- 1. g4 d5 2. h3 e5 3. Bg2 c6 — Grob Opening: Keene Defense
- 1. g4 d5 2. Bg2 Bxg4 3. c4 d4 — Grob Opening: Romford Countergambit
- 1. g4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 h5 — Grob Opening: Zilbermints Gambit, Schiller Defense
- 1. g4 d5 2. Bg2 h5 3. gxh5 — Grob Opening: Grob Gambit, Basman Gambit
- 1. g4 d5 2. Bg2 Bxg4 3. c4 — Grob Opening: Grob Gambit, Fritz Gambit
- 1. g4 d5 2. Bg2 c6 3. g5 — Grob Opening: Spike Attack
- 1. g4 e5 2. Bg2 d5 3. c4 — Grob Opening: Spike, Hurst Attack
- 1. g4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 — Grob Opening: Zilbermints Gambit
- 1. g4 d5 2. Bg2 c6 — Grob Opening: Grob Gambit Declined
- 1. g4 e5 2. h3 Nc6 — Grob Opening: London Defense
- 1. g4 g5 2. f4 — Grob Opening: Double Grob, Coca-Cola Gambit