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A82

Dutch Defense: Staunton Gambit

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Overview

Dutch Defense: Staunton Gambit belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO A82, Flank Openings). It trades material for attacking chances — a classic trade-off that has fascinated players from the Romantic era to modern correspondence chess.

The Flank Openings group covers flank openings — systems that delay the central pawn break and instead develop pieces and pawns on the wings.

Play reaches this position via 1. d4 f5 2. e4, after 3 plies of opening development.

The line refines Dutch Defense, which traces back to the root opening Queen's Pawn Game.

It continues primarily into one named line, Dutch Defense: Staunton Gambit Accepted.

In total, the branch covers 9 sub-variations across all depths.

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ECO code
A82
Group
Flank Openings (A)
Plies
3
Parent
Dutch Defense
Direct variations
1
Total in subtree
9

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Variations (1)

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