Tree path 6 levels Queen's Pawn Game › Dutch Defense › Staunton Gambit › Dutch Defense: Staunton Gambit Accepted › Dutch Defense: Staunton Gambit › Lasker Variation
- Chess Codex
- Queen's Pawn Game A40
- Dutch Defense A80
- Staunton Gambit A82
- Dutch Defense: Staunton Gambit Accepted A82
- Dutch Defense: Staunton Gambit A83
- Lasker Variation A83 you are here
Dutch Defense: Staunton Gambit, Lasker Variation
Overview
Dutch Defense: Staunton Gambit, Lasker Variation is a sacrificial opening line filed under ECO A83 in the Flank Openings group. The defining idea is the early concession of material to seize the initiative and unbalance the position.
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 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 g6 5. f3, after 9 plies of opening development.
In the opening tree, this line branches off from Dutch Defense: Staunton Gambit, part of the broader Queen's Pawn Game system.
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- ECO code
- A83
- Group
- Flank Openings (A)
- Plies
- 9
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