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Englund Gambit: Main Line
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1.d4e52.dxe5Nc63.Nf3Qe7
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Englund Gambit: Main Line5.1M games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
29%1.5M42%
21%1.1M56%
11%566k53%
8.3%425k52%
5.5%283k59%
3.9%198k59%
3.6%186k52%
1.5%78k55%
1.2%61k51%
Famous games in this line57 master games
Dubov, Daniil (2699) – Golubov, Saveliy (2469)Riazantsev, A. (2645) – Golubov, Saveliy (2469)Zierk, S. (2517) – Hambleton, A. (2492)Moskalenko, Viktor (2568) – Kazakov, Peter (2363)Shipov, Sergei (2589) – Kalinichev, Andrey (2342)Kvon, Andrey (2459) – Saidov, Beqali (2365)Zurek, Milan (2460) – Karlik, Jiri (2345)Grigore, George Gabriel (2486) – Pessi, Emil George (2302)Heroes of this opening Zierk, S. · Shipov, Sergei · Kvon, Andrey · Zurek, Milan
- Family
- Englund Gambit
- Category
- Gambit
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- A40
- Line
- 1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 Nc6 3. Nf3 Qe7
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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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