Tree path 4 levels Queen's Pawn Game › Englund Gambit › Englund Gambit Declined: Reversed Alekhine › Englund Gambit Declined: Reversed Krebs
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- Queen's Pawn Game A40
- Englund Gambit A40
- Englund Gambit Declined: Reversed Alekhine A40
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Englund Gambit Declined: Reversed Krebs
Overview
Englund Gambit Declined: Reversed Krebs 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.
Play reaches this position via 1. d4 e5 2. Nf3 e4, after 4 plies of opening development.
It is a variation of Englund Gambit Declined: Reversed Alekhine, which itself descends from the root opening Queen's Pawn Game.
It branches into 2 notable variations — Englund Gambit Declined: Reversed Brooklyn, Englund Gambit Declined: Reversed Mokele Mbembe.
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- ECO code
- A40
- Group
- Flank Openings (A)
- Plies
- 4
- Direct variations
- 2
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