Library/Openings/Mikenas Defense/Pozarek Gambit ECO A40
Opening· 8 plies

Mikenas Defense: Pozarek Gambit

An entry in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings (ECO A40), reached after 8 half-moves: 1. d4 Nc6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Nxe5 4. Nc3 Nxc4.

Mikenas Defense: Pozarek Gambit ECO A40
87654321
abcdefgh
Black rook
Black bishop
Black queen
Black king
Black bishop
Black knight
Black rook
Black pawn
Black pawn
Black pawn
Black pawn
Black pawn
Black pawn
Black pawn
Black knight
White knight
White pawn
White pawn
White pawn
White pawn
White pawn
White pawn
White rook
White bishop
White queen
White king
White bishop
White knight
White rook
8/8
  1. 1.
  3. 2.
  5. 3.
  7. 4.
Use ← → arrows or click moves to step through.

End of this line

No further variations branch from this position in our database. To explore neighbouring ideas:

About this opening

Mikenas Defense: Pozarek Gambit 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 8 half-moves from the starting position, with the move sequence 1. d4 Nc6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Nxe5 4. Nc3 Nxc4.

It belongs to the Mikenas Defense family. Within that family this is a sub-variation (the Pozarek Gambit line).

The opening sequence in prose form: 1.d4 Nc6, 2.c4 e5, 3.dxe5 Nxe5, 4.Nc3 Nxc4. 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.