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| Moves | 1.d4 f5 2.e4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ECO | A82-A83 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Named after | Howard Staunton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Dutch Defence | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Staunton Gambit is a chess opening, having ECO codes A82 and A83. It is characterized by the moves
- 1. d4 f5 (the Dutch Defence)
- 2. e4!?
White sacrifices a pawn for quick development, hoping to launch an attack against Black's kingside, which has been somewhat weakened by 1...f5.
Black can decline the gambit with 2...d6, transposing to the Balogh Defence, or 2...e6, transposing to the Kingston Defence, but accepting the pawn is considered stronger than transposing to either of those offbeat defenses.
After 2...fxe4, play usually proceeds 3.Nc3 Nf6. Then White can play 4.g4?! (the Bayonet Attack); 4.f3 (offering a second pawn, which Black sometimes declines by 4...e3 to hinder White's development); or 4.Bg5. The latter move, today considered the main line, was first played by Howard Staunton against Bernhard Horwitz in London, 1846.[1] It is A83 in the ECO classification.
After 4.Bg5, a common trap is 4...d5? 5.Bxf6 exf6 6.Qh5+ g6 7.Qxd5 Qxd5 8.Nxd5 when White has regained his pawn and, since his knight is attacking the pawns on both c7 and f6, will come out a pawn ahead. Instead, Black usually tries to develop quickly and fortify his kingside, giving back the pawn if necessary, with 4...Nc6 5.d5 (White can regain the pawn with 5.Bxf6 exf6 6.Nxe4, but Black has the bishop pair and a solid position) 5...Ne5 6.Qd4 Nf7.
Although the Staunton Gambit was once a feared weapon for White, it is rarely played today, since theory has shown how to neutralize it and White only scores about 50 percent.
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