Englund Gambit: Soller Gambit

1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 f6

The Englund Gambit: Soller Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO A40, reached after 1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 f6. 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 10,213 times by this move order. White won 52%, 3% were drawn and Black won 45%. The most popular continuation is 3. exf6 (69% of games).

Engine evaluation: +1.80 (Stockfish, depth 48; best line 3. e4 Nc6 4. Nf3 fxe5 5. Bc4 Qf6)

ECO: A40
Moves: 4 plies
FEN: rnbqkbnr/pppp2pp/5p2/4P3/8/8/PPP1PPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 3
PGN: 1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 f6

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Results by rating

Average rating	Games	White / draw / Black
0-1499	5,354	53%44%
1500-1999	4,311	52%45%
2000+	548	52%45%
All	10,213	52%45%

Most played moves

Move	Games	White / draw / Black
3. exf6	7,009 (69%)	51%46%
3. Nf3	1,972 (19%)	53%44%
3. Bf4	350 (3%)	53%43%
3. e4	279 (3%)	66%33%
3. Nc3	166 (2%)	55%43%
3. f4	157 (2%)	54%43%
3. e6	157 (2%)	55%40%
3. e3	43 (0%)	58%37%

Master games

20 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 65%, draw 5%, Black 30%). The strongest:

GM Benjamin Bok (2615) – CM Ahmed Khairat (2211) 1-0 · Titled Tue 11th Jul Late · 2023-07-11
IM Alexander Gelman (2403) – FM Alain Prieto Aranguren (2256) 1-0 · Titled Tuesday 18th Jan · 2022-01-18
IM Mokhliss El Adnani (2448) – CM Ahmed Khairat (2211) 1-0 · World Blitz 2017 · 2017-12-29
WIM Zala Urh (2159) – CM Ahmed Khairat (2211) 0-1 · Titled Tuesday 12th Jan · 2021-01-12
CM Boris Bruned (2133) – CM Ahmed Khairat (2211) 0-1 · Titled Tuesday 23rd Feb · 2021-02-23

Search all games of the Englund Gambit: Soller Gambit and its sub-variations

Highest-rated Lichess games

Neftegor (2484) – chessdaynnight (2484) 0-1 · 2026-09-04 · 180 + 0s
Gertrude_Weichsel (2528) – waytoimproveresident (2417) 1-0 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
CapitanAfrica (2498) – AvReshetnyak (2302) 1-0 · 2026-09-06 · 300 + 0s

Comes from

Englund Gambit 1. d4 e5

More Englund Gambit lines (all)

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.