Englund Gambit: Stockholm Variation

An entry in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (ECO A40), reached after 7 half-moves: 1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 Nc6 3. Nf3 Qe7 4. Qd5.

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About this opening

Englund Gambit: Stockholm Variation is an opening in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings, classified under code A40. ECO group A (A00–A99) covers flank and irregular openings, including the English, Bird, Réti and Dutch defences. This particular variation is reached after 7 half-moves from the starting position, with the move sequence 1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 Nc6 3. Nf3 Qe7 4. Qd5.

It belongs to the Englund Gambit family. Within that family this is a sub-variation (the Stockholm Variation line).

The opening sequence in prose form: 1.d4 e5, 2.dxe5 Nc6, 3.Nf3 Qe7, 4.Qd5. From this position the encyclopaedia records no further canonical continuations — practical play branches into unnamed transpositions or returns to the parent line for alternative ideas.