Tree path 4 levels Queen's Pawn Game › Horwitz Defense › English Defense › Poli Gambit
- Chess Codex
- Queen's Pawn Game A40
- Horwitz Defense A40
- English Defense A40
- Poli Gambit A40 you are here
English Defense: Poli Gambit
Overview
English Defense: Poli Gambit belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO A40, 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.
It begins with 10 plies and takes 1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. f3 f5 5. exf5 Nh6 to reach the canonical position.
The line refines English Defense, which traces back to the root opening Queen's Pawn Game.
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- ECO code
- A40
- Group
- Flank Openings (A)
- Plies
- 10
- Parent
- English Defense
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