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Englund Gambit Declined: Reversed Krebs

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1.d4e52.Nf3e4
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Englund Gambit Declined: Reversed Krebs863k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
62%534k50%
8.7%75k47%
0.4%3.5k40%
0.2%1.8k31%
0.1%92033%
0.1%85438%
0.1%83935%
0%36033%
Famous games in this line1 master games
Tang, Andrew (2506)Jacobson, Aaron (2301)20191–0
Category
Gambit
First move
1.d4
ECO
A40
Line
1. d4 e5 2. Nf3 e4
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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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