Englund Gambit Declined: Reversed Brooklyn is a chess opening with the ECO code A40, part of the Englund Gambit Declined family. It goes 1. d4 e5 2. Nf3 e4 3. Ng1. White opens with 1. d4 (the queen's pawn) and Black answers 1... e5. After 5 moves it is Black to move. The lesson on the board explains every move of the line and lets you play it yourself; it is free.
The moves
1. d4 – White plays the pawn to d4
1... e5 – Black plays the pawn to e5
2. Nf3 – White plays the knight to f3
2... e4 – Black plays the pawn to e4
3. Ng1 – White plays the knight to g1
About the Englund Gambit Declined
After 1.d4 e5, White does not take and pushes 2.d5 or plays another move. White avoids the Englund traps and gains space.
The d5 pawn cramps Black and takes the c6 and e6 squares.
White follows with e4 for a big, safe centre.
Black can play ...Bc5, ...d6 and ...f5 for counterplay.
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