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Englund Gambit: Zilbermints Gambit
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1.d4e52.dxe5Nc63.Nf3Nge7
Live databaseLichess 1600–2000 · blitz + rapid
Englund Gambit: Zilbermints Gambit283k games · White to move
MoveWhite / draw / BlackPlayedGamesScore
23%65k52%
22%61k52%
16%46k54%
13%37k51%
8.6%24k50%
5.4%15k52%
4.4%12k54%
2.1%5.9k47%
1.9%5.3k53%
1%3.0k51%
Famous games in this line6 master games
Afanasiev, Nikita (2569) – Boiarintsev, Vitaly (2252)Drygalov, Andrey (2494) – Boiarintsev, Vitaly (2263)Matveeva, Svetlana (2405) – Gansvind, Valeriya I (2240)Cousins, Robert (2328) – Blomquist, Gary (2313)Kachar, Vladimir (2383) – Gansvind, Valeriya I (2238)Corkum, Tim (2291) – Blomquist, Gary (2313)Heroes of this opening Afanasiev, Nikita · Drygalov, Andrey · Matveeva, Svetlana · Cousins, Robert
- Family
- Englund Gambit
- Category
- Gambit
- First move
- 1.d4
- ECO
- A40
- Line
- 1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nge7
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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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