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Englund Gambit
Overview
Englund Gambit is a gambit, classified under ECO code A40 within the Flank Openings family. As with all gambits, one side sacrifices material early — usually a pawn — in exchange for development, open lines, or initiative.
The Flank Openings group covers flank openings — systems that delay the central pawn break and instead develop pieces and pawns on the wings.
It is reached after 2 plies of play, with the move sequence 1. d4 e5.
It is a direct variation of Queen's Pawn Game.
It is the root of 10 named variations, with Englund Gambit Declined, Englund Gambit Declined: Reversed Alekhine, Englund Gambit Declined: Reversed French, and others among the most studied.
In total, the branch covers 15 sub-variations across all depths.
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- ECO code
- A40
- Group
- Flank Openings (A)
- Plies
- 2
- Parent
- Queen's Pawn Game
- Direct variations
- 10
- Total in subtree
- 15
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Variations (10)
Show all 15 sub-variations (full subtree)
- A40 Englund Gambit Declined 3-ply
- A40 Englund Gambit Declined: Reversed Alekhine 3-ply
- A40 Englund Gambit Declined: Reversed French 3-ply
- A40 Felbecker Gambit 6-ply
- A40 Hartlaub-Charlick Gambit 4-ply
- A40 Main Line 6-ply
- A40 Mosquito Gambit 4-ply
- A40 Soller Gambit 4-ply
- A40 Soller Gambit Deferred 6-ply
- A40 Zilbermints Gambit 6-ply
- A40 Diemer Counterattack 6-ply
- A40 Englund Gambit Declined: Reversed Krebs 4-ply
- A40 Englund Gambit: Stockholm Variation 7-ply
- A40 Englund Gambit Declined: Reversed Brooklyn 5-ply
- A40 Englund Gambit Declined: Reversed Mokele Mbembe 5-ply