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Englund Gambit Declined: Reversed Alekhine
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1.d4e52.Nf3
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Englund Gambit Declined: Reversed Alekhine1.5M games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
26%380k48%
4.6%67k48%
0.8%12k45%
0.6%8.1k47%
0.5%7.0k41%
0.3%4.5k36%
0.1%1.7k27%
Famous games in this line2 master games
Ferron Garcia, Carlos (2345) – Flear, Glenn C (2500)Tang, Andrew (2506) – Jacobson, Aaron (2301)- Family
- Englund Gambit
- Category
- Gambit
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- A40
- Line
- 1. d4 e5 2. Nf3
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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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