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Englund Gambit Declined: Reversed Mokele Mbembe
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1.d4e52.Nf3e43.Ne5
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Englund Gambit Declined: Reversed Mokele Mbembe134k games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
43%57k55%
35%47k53%
7.7%10k51%
4.3%5.7k52%
3.8%5.1k50%
2.3%3.1k52%
0.9%1.2k50%
0.8%1.0k53%
0.7%89646%
0.6%79646%
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- Englund Gambit
- Category
- Gambit
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- A40
- Line
- 1. d4 e5 2. Nf3 e4 3. Ne5
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Fritz Englund put up the money for a thematic tournament that ran from late 1932 into 1933: every game started from the position after 1.d4 e5 2.dxe5 Nc6 3.Nf3 Qe7 4.Qd5 — the line now called the Stockholm Variation. He was a patron rather than a practitioner, and the gambit kept his name. Masters consider it dubious; club players keep it alive for the trap after 4.Bf4 Qb4+, where 6.Bc3?? Bb4! finishes with mate on c1.
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