Englund Gambit: Soller Gambit

Englund Gambit: Soller Gambit is a chess opening with the ECO code A40, part of the Englund Gambit family. It goes 1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 f6. White opens with 1. d4 (the queen's pawn) and Black answers 1... e5. After 4 moves it is White to move. After the last move White is a pawn ahead in material. 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. dxe5 – White captures on e5 with the d-pawn
• 2... f6 – Black plays the pawn to f6

About the Englund Gambit

Black answers 1.d4 with 1...e5, offering a pawn. It is objectively bad but full of traps for unprepared players.

• After 2.dxe5 Nc6 3.Nf3 Qe7, Black attacks e5 with pieces.
• The famous trap: 4.Bf4? Qb4+ hits both king and b2, winning a rook.
• White should play calmly: Nc3, Qd5 or Bd2 avoid the tricks.

Related openings

• It extends: Englund Gambit (1. d4 e5)
• Related line: Englund Gambit: Mosquito Gambit (1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 Qh4)
• Related line: Englund Gambit: Soller Gambit Deferred (1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 Nc6 3. Nf3 f6)
• Related line: Englund Gambit: Main Line (1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 Nc6 3. Nf3 Qe7)
• Related line: Englund Gambit: Stockholm Variation (1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 Nc6 3. Nf3 Qe7 4. Qd5)
• Related line: Englund Gambit: Hartlaub-Charlick Gambit (1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 d6)
• Related line: Englund Gambit: Zilbermints Gambit (1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nge7)

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