Tennison Gambit: Win Rate by Lichess Rating

Zukertort Opening: Tennison Gambit · 1.e4 d5 2.Nf3 · CC0 name list

At 1500–1799 (Lichess rating), White scored 51.0% in 10,081 Zukertort Opening: Tennison Gambit games (±1.0; games from Oct 2025–Sep 2026).

White won 49.4% of them, Black won 47.5%, and 3.1% were drawn.

White scores above 50% at this level (outside the margin)

In games from Oct 2025–Sep 2026, White scored 51.0% (±1.0) with the Zukertort Opening: Tennison Gambit in sampled Lichess games at the 1500–1799 Lichess rating level (10,081 games). Observed results, not causation.

Data period: games from 1 Oct 2025 – 30 Sep 2026 (sample of the Lichess open database) · Page updated: 9 Oct 2026

51.0%

White's score at Lichess rating 1500–1799 · 10,081 games, Oct 2025–Sep 2026 sample

White scores 51.0% at 1500–1799 and 48.3% under 1200. An observed change in our sample, not a verdict.

Position after 1.e4 d5 2.Nf3. 34,576 games in this sample reached it — 5,462 of them by a different move order.

At a glance

In this sample, White's score ranged from 48.3% (Under 1200) to 51.1% (1800–2099).
Treat this spread with caution: the margins are approximate (see How it works).
It appeared most often in the Under 1200 group (0.8% of that group's games).
Draws were most common in the 1800–2099 group (3.8%).

These are observed results for the selected games (rated, players within 200 rating points of each other). They describe what happened — they do not prove the opening caused the result.

Results by Lichess rating level

Each row shows how the Zukertort Opening: Tennison Gambit games at one rating level ended: White wins, draws and Black wins, across all time controls combined. Rating level is the average Lichess rating of both players.

White won drawn Black won. Zukertort Opening: Tennison Gambit — results by Lichess rating level, all time controls combined (minimum 300 games per row).

Under 12006,574 gamesCompared with

White wins 46.8% · draws 3.1% · Black wins 50.1% · White's score 48.3% ±1.2 · how common 0.8%
1200–14998,329 games

White wins 48.2% · draws 2.7% · Black wins 49.1% · White's score 49.5% ±1.1 · how common 0.7%
1500–179910,081 gamesIn the headline

White wins 49.4% · draws 3.1% · Black wins 47.5% · White's score 51.0% ±1.0 · how common 0.6%
1800–20997,284 games

White wins 49.2% · draws 3.8% · Black wins 47.0% · White's score 51.1% ±1.1 · how common 0.5%
2100+2,308 games

White wins 49.0% · draws 3.6% · Black wins 47.4% · White's score 50.8% ±2.0 · how common 0.3%

"White's score" = wins + half of draws. "±" is an approximate 95% margin based only on the number of games. It does not cover sampling bias or related games (the same players appear many times), so real uncertainty is larger. "How common" = share of all sampled games at that level that reached this position. Ratings are Lichess ratings; they are not interchangeable with Chess.com or FIDE ratings.

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Results by time control

Each row shows how the Zukertort Opening: Tennison Gambit games ended in one Lichess time control, across all rating levels combined.

Zukertort Opening: Tennison Gambit — results by time control, all rating levels combined (minimum 300 games per row)
Time control	Games	White wins	Draws	Black wins	White's score
Bullet	17,976	49.6%	2.5%	48.0%	50.8%
Blitz	13,050	47.7%	3.8%	48.5%	49.6%
Rapid	3,480	46.7%	4.4%	48.9%	48.9%
Classical	70	Not enough games in this sample

This table and the rating rows are separate summaries: rating levels are not split by time control here, and time controls are not split by rating. Observed results only; approximate uncertainty applies as above.

Most played replies for Black at each level

Top replies with at least 150 games. "Score" is Black's score after that reply (wins + half of draws). These comparisons alone can't show that one reply is reliably better — the margins are approximate and stronger or weaker players may prefer different replies.

Replies to 1.e4 d5 2.Nf3 by Lichess rating level, all time controls combined
Rating level	Reply · share · games · score
Under 1200	2...dxe4 ·79.2% · 5,175 · 52.4% ±1.3 2...Nf6 ·4.0% · 264 · 43.4% ±5.8 2...e6 ·4.0% · 260 · 52.3% ±6.0
1200–1499	2...dxe4 ·85.2% · 7,077 · 51.0% ±1.1 2...d4 ·3.8% · 318 · 47.5% ±5.4 2...e6 ·2.9% · 239 · 43.9% ±6.2
1500–1799	2...dxe4 ·85.2% · 8,579 · 49.1% ±1.0 2...d4 ·3.4% · 344 · 45.6% ±5.2 2...Bg4 ·2.4% · 246 · 53.9% ±6.1
1800–2099	2...dxe4 ·83.7% · 6,089 · 49.2% ±1.2 2...d4 ·3.1% · 226 · 40.3% ±6.3 2...Nf6 ·2.9% · 212 · 47.4% ±6.5
2100+	2...dxe4 ·81.1% · 1,870 · 49.4% ±2.2

Up next: related positions with a page

Earlier position: Scandinavian Defense 1.e4 d5
Related line: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 (King's Knight Opening)
Related line: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 (Italian Game)
Related line: 1.e4 e6 2.d4 (French Defense: Normal Variation)

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