ECO A40: Englund Gambit, English Defense & more
ECO A40 is part of volume A, Flank Openings.
The Lichess chess-openings dataset files 52 named lines under it, from 17 different openings.
The shortest is Queen's Pawn Game:
1. d4.
That position has come up in 691,646,651 Lichess games between players rated 1600 to 2500: White won 49.9%, 5.1% were drawn and Black won 44.9%.
| Opening | Moves | Games | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| Queen's Pawn Game | 1. d4 |
691.6M | 1 move |
| Australian Defense | 1. d4 Na6 |
63K | 1 move |
| Borg Defense: Borg Gambit | 1. d4 g5 |
227K | 1 move |
| English Defense | 1. d4 b6 |
11.4M | 1 move |
| Englund Gambit | 1. d4 e5 |
29.7M | 1 move |
| Horwitz Defense | 1. d4 e6 |
62.9M | 1 move |
| Mikenas Defense | 1. d4 Nc6 |
4.1M | 1 move |
| Polish Defense | 1. d4 b5 |
1.1M | 1 move |
| Queen's Pawn Game: Modern Defense | 1. d4 g6 |
31M | 1 move |
| Englund Gambit Declined | 1. d4 e5 2. d5 |
3.3M | 2 moves |
| Englund Gambit Declined: Reversed Alekhine | 1. d4 e5 2. Nf3 |
1.5M | 2 moves |
| Englund Gambit Declined: Reversed French | 1. d4 e5 2. e3 |
3.6M | 2 moves |
| English Defense | 1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 |
2.1M | 2 moves |
| Englund Gambit Declined: Reversed Krebs | 1. d4 e5 2. Nf3 e4 |
905K | 2 moves |
| Englund Gambit: Hartlaub-Charlick Gambit | 1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 d6 |
4.5M | 2 moves |
| Englund Gambit: Mosquito Gambit | 1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 Qh4 |
27K | 2 moves |
| Englund Gambit: Soller Gambit | 1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 f6 |
1.2M | 2 moves |
| Horwitz Defense: Zilbermints Gambit | 1. d4 e6 2. c4 e5 |
5,555 | 2 moves |
| Kangaroo Defense | 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ |
568K | 2 moves |
| Montevideo Defense | 1. d4 Nc6 2. d5 Nb8 |
78K | 2 moves |
| Queen's Pawn Game: Anglo-Slav Opening | 1. d4 c6 2. c4 d6 |
2.2M | 2 moves |
| Englund Gambit Declined: Reversed Brooklyn | 1. d4 e5 2. Nf3 e4 3. Ng1 |
117K | 3 moves |
| Englund Gambit Declined: Reversed Mokele Mbembe | 1. d4 e5 2. Nf3 e4 3. Ne5 |
138K | 3 moves |
| Kangaroo Defense: Keres Defense, Transpositional Variation | 1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Nc3 |
311K | 3 moves |
| Modern Defense: Lizard Defense, Pirc-Diemer Gambit | 1. d4 g6 2. h4 Nf6 3. h5 |
7,872 | 3 moves |
| Polish Defense: Spassky Gambit Accepted | 1. d4 b5 2. e4 Bb7 3. Bxb5 |
37K | 3 moves |
| English Defense: Eastbourne Gambit | 1. d4 b6 2. c4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e5 |
9,394 | 3 moves |
| Englund Gambit Declined: Diemer Counterattack | 1. d4 e5 2. d5 Bc5 3. e4 Qh4 |
27K | 3 moves |
| Englund Gambit: Felbecker Gambit | 1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bc5 |
684K | 3 moves |
| Englund Gambit: Main Line | 1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 Nc6 3. Nf3 Qe7 |
5.3M | 3 moves |
| Englund Gambit: Soller Gambit Deferred | 1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 Nc6 3. Nf3 f6 |
292K | 3 moves |
| Englund Gambit: Zilbermints Gambit | 1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nge7 |
302K | 3 moves |
| Mikenas Defense: Cannstatter Variation | 1. d4 Nc6 2. c4 e5 3. d5 Nd4 |
41K | 3 moves |
| Mikenas Defense: Lithuanian Variation | 1. d4 Nc6 2. c4 e5 3. d5 Nce7 |
416K | 3 moves |
| Slav Indian: Kudischewitsch Gambit | 1. d4 c6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 b5 |
3,016 | 3 moves |
| Englund Gambit: Stockholm Variation | 1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 Nc6 3. Nf3 Qe7 4. Qd5 |
615K | 4 moves |
| Pterodactyl Defense: Queen Pterodactyl, Quiet Line | 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 |
244K | 4 moves |
| Colle System: Pterodactyl Variation | 1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 Qa5+ |
174 | 4 moves |
| English Defense: Perrin Variation | 1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. Bd3 Nc6 |
31K | 4 moves |
| Mikenas Defense: Pozarek Gambit | 1. d4 Nc6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Nxe5 4. Nc3 Nxc4 |
9,119 | 4 moves |
| Pterodactyl Defense: Central, Benoni Pterodactyl | 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 c5 4. d5 Qa5+ |
8,171 | 4 moves |
| Pterodactyl Defense: Fianchetto, Queen Benoni Pterodactyl | 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 Qa5 |
13K | 4 moves |
| Pterodactyl Defense: Fianchetto, Queen Pterodactyl | 1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. g3 c5 4. Bg2 Qa5+ |
544 | 4 moves |
| Zaire Defense | 1. d4 Nc6 2. d5 Nb8 3. e4 Nf6 4. e5 Ng8 |
4,459 | 4 moves |
| English Defense: Hartlaub Gambit Declined | 1. c4 e6 2. d4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. e4 f5 5. d5 |
2,498 | 5 moves |
| Colle System: Siroccopteryx Variation | 1. d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qa5+ |
41 | 5 moves |
| English Defense: Hartlaub Gambit Accepted | 1. c4 e6 2. d4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. e4 f5 5. exf5 Nf6 |
842 | 5 moves |
| English Defense: Poli Gambit | 1. d4 e6 2. c4 b6 3. e4 Bb7 4. f3 f5 5. exf5 Nh6 |
1,408 | 5 moves |
| Modern Defense: Beefeater Variation | 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 f5 |
131K | 5 moves |
| Pterodactyl Defense: Fianchetto, Queen Pteranodon | 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 Bxc3+ 5. bxc3 Qa5 |
33K | 5 moves |
| Pterodactyl Defense: Central, Benoni Beefeater Pterodactyl | 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. e4 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 |
8,730 | 6 moves |
| Benoni Defense: Franco-Sicilian Hybrid | 1. d4 e6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 exd5 4. cxd5 d6 5. Nc3 g6 6. e4 Bg7 7. Nf3 Ne7 |
13K | 7 moves |