Gambit · a defense for Black
Englund Gambit Declined: Reversed French
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1.d4e52.e3
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Englund Gambit Declined: Reversed French3.5M games · Black to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
66%2.3M49%
17%605k49%
5.9%207k49%
5.3%187k50%
2.4%86k49%
0.8%28k43%
0.7%25k44%
0.5%17k46%
0.3%9.5k46%
0.2%7.9k41%
Famous games in this line38 master games
Larino Nieto, D. (2495) – Fier, A. (2589)Bellin, Robert (2405) – Chandler, Murray G (2605)Klein, Da (2501) – Hambleton, A. (2501)Larino Nieto, D. (2466) – Garcia Pantoja, R. (2512)Saric, Iv (2648) – Hurdzan, Tomas (2317)Forintos, Gyozo V (2485) – Dely, Peter (2480)Bernal Varela, Nelson (2474) – Enin, Anatoly Nikolaevich (2473)Bernal Varela, Nelson (2474) – Coklin, Marko (2472)Heroes of this opening Chandler, Murray G · Hambleton, A. · Saric, Iv
- Family
- Englund Gambit
- Category
- Gambit
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- A40
- Line
- 1. d4 e5 2. e3
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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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