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- Queen's Pawn Game A40
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Borg Defense: Borg Gambit
Overview
Borg Defense: Borg Gambit belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO A40, Flank Openings). It trades material for attacking chances — a classic trade-off that has fascinated players from the Romantic era to modern correspondence chess.
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 g5, after 2 plies of opening development.
The line is a first-level refinement of Queen's Pawn Game.
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- ECO code
- A40
- Group
- Flank Openings (A)
- Plies
- 2
- Parent
- Queen's Pawn Game
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Statistics from Lichess
226,527 games · White 55.5% / Draw 3.5% / Black 41.0%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| Bxg5 | 84,028 | |
| c4 | 62,363 | |
| e4 | 23,499 | |
| Nf3 | 19,005 | |
| e3 | 14,257 | |
| Nc3 | 8,720 | |
| c3 | 3,084 | |
| g3 | 2,558 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 00:48:55
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