Englund Gambit Declined: Reversed Brooklyn

1. d4 e5 2. Nf3 e4 3. Ng1

The Englund Gambit Declined: Reversed Brooklyn is a chess opening classified as ECO A40, reached after 1. d4 e5 2. Nf3 e4 3. Ng1. It is a line of the Englund Gambit Declined. Black is to move.

In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 528 times by this move order. White won 45%, 4% were drawn and Black won 51%. The most popular continuation is 3… d5 (73% of games).

Engine evaluation: −0.40 (Stockfish, depth 32; best line 3… d5 4. c4 Nf6 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Nc3)

ECO: A40
Moves: 5 plies
FEN: rnbqkbnr/pppp1ppp/8/8/3Pp3/8/PPP1PPPP/RNBQKBNR b KQkq - 1 3
PGN: 1. d4 e5 2. Nf3 e4 3. Ng1

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Results by rating

Average rating	Games	White / draw / Black
0-1499	162	42%54%
1500-1999	287	44%52%
2000+	79	52%44%
All	528	45%51%

Most played moves

Move	Games	White / draw / Black
3… d5	388 (73%)	43%53%
3… Nf6	55 (10%)	56%40%
3… f5	42 (8%)	38%57%
3… Nc6	17 (3%)	47%47%
3… Bb4+	5 (1%)	40%60%
3… e3	4 (1%)	50%25%25%
3… Qf6	3 (1%)	67%33%
3… c5	3 (1%)	67%33%

Master games

5 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 80%, draw 0%, Black 20%). The strongest:

CM Matias Manuel Ianovsky (2218) – GM Aman Hambleton (2420) 1-0 · Titled Tue 14th Nov Early · 2023-11-14
FM Hayk Yeritsyan (2179) – GM Aman Hambleton (2420) 0-1 · Titled Tue 5th Sep Late · 2023-09-05
Horacio Pereyra (2125) – FM Santiago Jose Guevara Ruiz (2171) 1-0 · Titled Tue 24th Feb 2026 · 2026-02-24
WFM Bhagyashree Patil (1958) – WIM Yulia Efremova (2128) 1-0 · Titled Tuesday 1st Sept · 2020-09-01
CM Tong Hai Anh (1486) – WFM Radmila Kovacevic (2113) 1-0 · Titled Tue 26th Jul Early · 2022-07-26

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Comes from

Englund Gambit Declined: Reversed Krebs 1. d4 e5 2. Nf3 e4

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Opening names and moves from the Lichess openings dataset; statistics from the Lichess open database, 2026-09 (CC0), sample of 12.6 million games, bots excluded; evaluations from Lichess cloud analysis (all CC0). Master games from The Week in Chess #920–#1664 by Mark Crowther, used with permission.