Englund Gambit: Zilbermints Gambit

1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nge7

The Englund Gambit: Zilbermints Gambit is a chess opening classified as ECO A40, reached after 1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nge7. 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 1,174 times by this move order. White won 51%, 5% were drawn and Black won 44%. The most popular continuation is 4. Nc3 (24% of games).

Engine evaluation: +1.62 (Stockfish, depth 48; best line 4. Nc3 Ng6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxe7 Qxe7)

ECO: A40
Moves: 6 plies
FEN: r1bqkb1r/ppppnppp/2n5/4P3/8/5N2/PPP1PPPP/RNBQKB1R w KQkq - 3 4
PGN: 1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nge7

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Results by rating

Average rating	Games	White / draw / Black
0-1499	333	55%42%
1500-1999	705	51%45%
2000+	136	46%50%
All	1,174	51%44%

Most played moves

Move	Games	White / draw / Black
4. Nc3	276 (24%)	53%42%
4. Bf4	256 (22%)	56%41%
4. Bg5	219 (19%)	48%46%
4. e3	130 (11%)	49%47%
4. e4	125 (11%)	46%50%
4. g3	52 (4%)	46%50%
4. b3	44 (4%)	61%36%
4. c3	20 (2%)	55%45%

Master games

40 over-the-board games are classified under this line (White 63%, draw 12%, Black 25%). The strongest:

GM Gata Kamsky (2672) – CM Vladimir Mikhailovsky (2228) 1/2-1/2 · Titled Tuesday 20th Oct · 2020-10-20
GM Leonardo Tristan (2542) – FM Dmitry Petukhov (2350) 0-1 · Titled Tue 14th Jan Late · 2025-01-14
GM Grigor Grigorov (2497) – FM Dmitry Petukhov (2350) 1-0 · Titled Tue 4th Mar Late · 2025-03-04
GM Nikita Afanasiev (2569) – FM Vitaly Boiarintsev (2252) 1-0 · Chigorin Memorial 2022 · 2022-10-24
IM Meri Arabidze (2457) – FM Dmitry Petukhov (2350) 1-0 · Titled Tue 3rd Dec Late · 2024-12-03

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Highest-rated Lichess games

VoinTeka (2571) – PIPI2006 (2573) 1-0 · 2026-09-02 · 180 + 2s
tigra522 (2487) – Petukhov_Dmitry (2484) 0-1 · 2026-09-06 · 180 + 0s
RicardoMilos161 (2464) – benga77 (2434) 1-0 · 2026-09-03 · 180 + 0s

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.