Dutch Defense: Staunton Gambit

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Overview

Dutch Defense: Staunton Gambit belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO A82, 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 f5 2. e4, after 3 plies of opening development.

The line refines Dutch Defense, which traces back to the root opening Queen's Pawn Game.

It continues primarily into one named line, Dutch Defense: Staunton Gambit Accepted.

In total, the branch covers 9 sub-variations across all depths.

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ECO code: A82
Group: Flank Openings (A)
Plies: 3
Parent: Dutch Defense
Direct variations: 1
Total in subtree: 9

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Statistics from Lichess

935,788 games · White 55.0% / Draw 4.8% / Black 40.3%

Moves	Games	W / D / B
fxe4	708,508
Nf6	105,730
d6	56,143
e6	41,523
d5	10,914
g6	4,641
f4	1,987
e5	1,562

Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 00:51:31

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Variations (1)

A82 Dutch Defense: Staunton Gambit Accepted

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Variations (1)

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