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Coca-Cola Gambit A00 Grob's Attack, Symmetrical Variation 2...f5 - Pepsi Countergambit
2...f4? · Coca-Cola Gambit
The Coca-Cola gambit is a highly unorthodox and aggressive "meme" chess openingGrob Opening: Double Grob, Coca-Cola Gambit https://lichess.org/analysis 2026-03-29 lichess.org enGrob Opening: Double Grob, Coca-Cola Gambit - Chess Openings https://www.chess.com/openings/Grob-Opening-Double-Grob-Coca-Cola-Gambit 2026-03-29 Chess.com en-USCoca-Cola Gambit https://chess.fandom.com/wiki/Coca-Cola_Gambit 2026-03-29 Chess Wiki enGrob Opening, Double Grob, Coca-Cola Gambit - Chess Opening https://chesstempo.com/game-database/opening/grob-opening-double-grob-coca-cola-gambit/2758 2026-03-29 chesstempo.com
After 2...gxf4 some theory has been developed⸺3.d4 e5 4.h4 d6 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Qxd8+ Kxd8 7. g5 h6 8. Bg2 Nc6 9. e3 Bg4 10. c3 hxg5 11. hxg5 Rxh1 12. Bxh1 Nge7 13. exf4 Ng6 14. fxe5 Bc5 15. Kf1 is the so-called "main line".
A rare trap is 2... gxf4 followed with 3. g5 f6 4. e4 fxe3, concluded with 5. Qh5#
2...f5?! continues the chaos with the Pepsi Countergambit.
History
The origins of the name "Coca-Cola Gambit" are uncertain, with the first known online references to its name being a German forum post from 2008 by user 'Latvian Gambit'''2 Feb 2008 Schachfeld.de Threads: lustige eröffnungsnamen https://www.schachfeld.de/threads/5865-lustige-eroeffnungsnamen live https://web.archive.org/web/20221113230129/https://www.schachfeld.de/threads/5865-lustige-eroeffnungsnamen 13 Nov 2022 29 Mar 2026 Schachfeld.de and a chess.com forum post from September 2008.Funniest or Weirdest Opening Name? - Chess Forums https://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-openings/funniest-or-weirdest-opening-name 2026-03-29 Chess.com en-US
It has featured in numerous Youtube videos, such as as Anish Giri's 2020 video "They made me play the worst gambit ever" Anish Giri They made me play the worst gambit ever 2020-11-29 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BubU67eV7ko 2026-03-29 and Fischy Stream's "Weirdest Chess Openings Explained", which gained over 600,000 viewsFischy Stream Weirdest Chess Openings Explained 2024-04-19 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9t-cF_vSfM 2026-03-29
Theory table
1. g4 g5 2. f42EvalPepsi Countergambit...
f5? +/-
References
Grob Opening: Double Grob, Coca-Cola Gambit. chess.com Grob Opening: Double Grob, Coca-Cola Gambit. lichess.org Coca-Cola Gambit chess.fandom.com''