Tree path 3 levels English Opening › Anglo-Indian Defense › English Opening: Achilles-Omega Gambit
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- English Opening A10
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English Opening: Achilles-Omega Gambit
Overview
English Opening: Achilles-Omega Gambit belongs to the gambit family of chess openings (ECO A10, 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. c4 Nf6 2. e4, after 3 plies of opening development.
The line refines English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, which traces back to the root opening English Opening.
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- ECO code
- A10
- Group
- Flank Openings (A)
- Plies
- 3
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Statistics from Lichess
26,937 games · White 41.4% / Draw 4.2% / Black 54.4%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| Nxe4 | 11,614 | |
| e5 | 4,445 | |
| d6 | 4,133 | |
| e6 | 2,570 | |
| g6 | 2,020 | |
| c5 | 742 | |
| c6 | 519 | |
| Nc6 | 435 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 00:39:40
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