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- Queen's Pawn Game A40
- Englund Gambit A40
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Englund Gambit: Mosquito Gambit
Overview
Englund Gambit: Mosquito 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.
It begins with 4 plies and takes 1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 Qh4 to reach the canonical position.
The line refines Englund Gambit, which traces back to the root opening Queen's Pawn Game.
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- ECO code
- A40
- Group
- Flank Openings (A)
- Plies
- 4
- Parent
- Englund Gambit
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Statistics from Lichess
26,760 games · White 64.9% / Draw 2.7% / Black 32.4%
| Moves | Games | W / D / B |
|---|---|---|
| Nf3 | 23,400 | |
| g3 | 1,662 | |
| Nc3 | 714 | |
| e3 | 232 | |
| e4 | 117 | |
| e6 | 82 | |
| c3 | 70 | |
| Bf4 | 63 |
Source: Lichess Opening Explorer · cached 2026-09-26 00:55:33
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