Englund Gambit: Felbecker Gambit

1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bc5

The Englund Gambit: Felbecker Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO A40, reached after 1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bc5. It is a line of the Englund Gambit. White is to move.

In 12.6 million rated Lichess games (blitz and slower), this position was reached 3,384 times by this move order. White won 51%, 4% were drawn and Black won 45%. The most popular continuation is 4. Nc3 (25% of games).

Engine evaluation: +1.41 (Stockfish, depth 50; best line 4. Nc3 f6 5. Bf4 fxe5 6. Nxe5 Nf6)

ECO: A40
Moves: 6 plies
FEN: r1bqk1nr/pppp1ppp/2n5/2b1P3/8/5N2/PPP1PPPP/RNBQKB1R w KQkq - 3 4
PGN: 1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bc5

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Results by rating

Average rating	Games	White / draw / Black
0-1499	1,425	52%44%
1500-1999	1,758	51%46%
2000+	201	50%44%
All	3,384	51%45%

Most played moves

Move	Games	White / draw / Black
4. Nc3	841 (25%)	53%44%
4. e3	826 (24%)	46%50%
4. Bf4	631 (19%)	52%44%
4. Bg5	419 (12%)	56%41%
4. e4	187 (6%)	54%42%
4. g3	113 (3%)	58%40%
4. c3	81 (2%)	53%42%
4. Qd5	74 (2%)	47%50%

Master games

22 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 64%, draw 9%, Black 27%). The strongest:

FM Remy Degraeve (2328) – GM Romain Edouard (2649) 1-0 · ch-FRA Blitz Online Qual · 2020-05-16
FM Alexander Devaev (2325) – IM Rohith Krishna S (2468) 1-0 · Titled Tue 2nd Jul Early · 2024-07-02
CM Santiago Rodriguez (2252) – CM Andrei Skvortsov (2249) 1-0 · Titled Tue 31st Jan Early · 2023-01-31
FM Martin Matthiesen (2296) – FM Anthony Atanasov (2172) 1-0 · Titled Tuesday 16th Mar · 2021-03-16
IM Pierre Barbot (2426) – CM Augustinas Bazilius (2030) 0-1 · Titled Tue 13th Feb Early · 2024-02-13

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Comes from

Englund Gambit 1. d4 e5

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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.