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Englund gambit (/Charlick gambit)

Black's aim is to avoid closed systems and castle early, though nowadays this move is rarely seen without the follow up trap. In case the multiple follow up traps appeal to anyone reading this, remember that this opening is never seen at grandmaster level, emphasising its hideous unsoundness.

-K.Child

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1. d4 e5
{The Seccond best first move gambit in Chess. The authority is GM Stefan Bücker, who wrote one of the bibles of unorthodox openings, with his book "Englund Gambit" (1988). He has touched upon the opening in later collumns both at chesscafe.com and in his magazine; Kaissiber. The conclusion seems to be that White is better with acurate play, but OTB White usually avoids those main lines.}

2. dxe5 Nc6
(2... d6 "Hartlaub-Gambit")

3. Nf3 Qe7
(3... f6 "Soller Gambit")
(3... Nge7 "Zilbermints Gambit")
{Now White can chose between several playable lines:}

A) 4. Bf4 {Grob Variation}
B) 4. Qd5 {Stockholm Variation}
C) 4. Nc3
D) 4. e4

-P.Valle, 5th Nov 2010

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Contributors : Kieran Child, Paul Valle, Toon Pepermans

[ECO "A40"] [Opening "Queen's pawn"] [Variation "Charlick (Englund) gambit"]

dxe5 : 38 games, White ELO av : 1574, Black ELO av : 1581
1-0 : 60.5% , 1/2-1/2 : 5.3% , 0-1 : 34.2%

d5 : 3 games, White ELO av : 1658, Black ELO av : 1511
1-0 : 100% , 1/2-1/2 : 0% , 0-1 : 0%

e4 : 2 games, White ELO av : 1508, Black ELO av : 1741
1-0 : 100% , 1/2-1/2 : 0% , 0-1 : 0%

Nf3 : 1 game, White ELO av : 1325, Black ELO av : 1192
1-0 : 100% , 1/2-1/2 : 0% , 0-1 : 0%

c3 : 1 game, White ELO av : 1424, Black ELO av : 1626
1-0 : 0% , 1/2-1/2 : 0% , 0-1 : 100%

c4 : 1 game, White ELO av : 1160, Black ELO av : 620
1-0 : 0% , 1/2-1/2 : 0% , 0-1 : 100%

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