Englund Gambit - 15 Example Games

White Wins

[Event "Winter Cup"]
[Site "Bucharest ROM"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[White "Solcanean, S"]
[Black "Osman, M"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2236"]
[BlackElo "2138"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Round "5"]

1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 Nc6 3. e4 Nxe5 4. f4 Ng6 5. Nf3 Bc5 6. Bc4 Qe7 7. Nc3 Nf6 8. Qe2 Bb4 9. e5 Nh5 10. g3 d5 11. Bxd5 Bxc3+ 12. bxc3 Bg4 13. Be3 O-O-O 14. Bb3 f6 15. e6 f5 16. O-O Nf6 17. Qc4 Ne4 18. Nd4 a6 19. Nc6 Qd6 20. Nxd8 Rxd8 21. Qd4 c5 22. Qxd6 Rxd6 23. a4 a5 24. Kg2 Ne7 25. h3 Bh5 26. Rae1 b6 27. Bc1 Be8 28. g4 Bc6 29. Kh2 g6 30. Re3 c4 31. Bxc4 Bxa4 32. Kg1 b5 33. Ba2 Kd8 34. Ba3 Rd2 35. Rxe4 fxe4 36. f5 b4 37. f6 Ke8 38. f7+ Kf8 39. cxb4 e3 40. bxa5 Rd8 41. Re1 1-0

[Event "IV Open"]
[Site "Malaga ESP"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[White "Biedma Martin, E"]
[Black "Garcia Jimenez, F "]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2288"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Round "4"]

1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 Nc6 3. Nf3 Qe7 4. g3 Nxe5 5. Bg2 Nf6 6. O-O d6 7. b3 Bd7 8. Bb2 O-O-O 9. c4 h5 10. h4 Ne8 11. Nxe5 dxe5 12. Qd5 Bc6 13. Qxe5 Bxg2 14. Qxe7 Bxe7 15. Kxg2 Bf6 16. Bxf6 Nxf6 17. Nc3 Rd2 18. Rfd1 Rhd8 19. Rxd2 Rxd2 20. Rc1 Ng4 21. Kf1 Rd6 22. f3 Ne3+ 23. Kf2 Nf5 24. Rd1 Rg6 25. Ne4 Ra6 26. Rd2 Ne7 27. Nc3 Re6 28. Nd5 Nxd5 29. Rxd5 g6 30. e4 c6 31. Rd4 Kc7 32. Ke3 Kc8 33. Rd2 Kc7 34. g4 hxg4 35. fxg4 f5 36. gxf5 gxf5 37. e5 Rxe5+ 38. Kf3 Re4 39. Rh2 Kd7 40. h5 Re7 41. Kf4 Ke8 42. h6 Rh7 43. Kxf5 Kf7 44. Kg5 b5 45. cxb5 cxb5 46. Rc2 1-0

[Event "22nd Open"]
[Site "Bethune FRA"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[White "Gladyszev, O"]
[Black "Andrieu, P "]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2347"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Round "1"]

1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bc5 4. Nc3 f6 5. exf6 Nxf6 6. Bg5 O-O 7. Bxf6 Bxf2+ 8. Kxf2 Qxf6 9. e3 d6 10. Be2 Ne5 11. h3 Be6 12. Qd2 Rae8 13. Kg1 Ng6 14. Kh2 Ne7 15. Rhf1 Qh6 16. e4 Rf4 17. Nd4 Ng6 18. Nxe6 Rxe6 19. Bc4 1-0

[Event "Monarch Assurance Open"]
[Site "Port Erin IOM"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[White "Palliser, R"]
[Black "Sedgwick, D"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2322"]
[BlackElo "2091"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Round "6"]

1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 Nc6 3. Nf3 Qe7 4. Nc3 Nxe5 5. e4 c6 6. Nxe5 Qxe5 7. f4 Qc7 8. Be3 Bb4 9. Qd4 Bxc3+ 10. Qxc3 Nf6 11. Bd3 O-O 12. O-O Re8 13. Bd4 Nxe4 14. Rae1 f5 15. Bxe4 fxe4 16. Bxg7 d5 17. Be5 Qf7 18. Re3 Qf5 19. Rg3+ Kf7 20. Rg5 Qe6 21. Rg7+ Kf8 22. Qa3+ Re7 23. Rxe7 Qxe7 24. Bd6 1-0

[Event "49th ch-RUS (women)"]
[Site "Moscow RUS"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[White "Matveeva, S"]
[Black "Gansvind, V"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2405"]
[BlackElo "2240"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Round "2"]

1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 Nc6 3. Nf3 Nge7 4. b3 Ng6 5. Bb2 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 Qe7 7. a3 Bxd2+ 8. Qxd2 b6 9. h4 h5 10. g3 Bb7 11. Bg2 O-O-O 12. O-O-O Ncxe5 13. Rhe1 Ng4 14. e4 f6 15. Nd4 Qf7 16. Nb5 a6 17. Nc3 Ne7 18. f3 Ne5 19. f4 Ng4 20. Bf3 Kb8 21. Qe2 Qg6 22. Kb1 Rhe8 23. f5 Nxf5 24. Bxg4 Nxg3 25. Qh2 Nxe4 26. Rxd7 Rxd7 27. Bxd7 Rd8 28. Nxe4 Rxd7 29. Ng3 Qg4 30. Bc3 Ka7 31. Kb2 a5 32. a4 Bc6 33. Rg1 Qf3 34. Ne2 Qe3 35. Rg3 Qe4 36. Rg1 Qe3 37. Nf4 Qf3 38. Ne6 g5 39. hxg5 fxg5 40. Nxg5 Qd5 41. Qxh5 Qc5 42. Qh2 Re7 43. Rg3 Kb7 44. Qd2 Qf5 45. Bd4 Qg6 46. Qd3 Qd6 47. Bc3 Qf4 48. Nh3 Qf8 49. Re3 Rd7 50. Qe2 Rf7 51. Ng5 Rf2 52. Qd3 Qh6 53. Ne6 Bg2 54. Nd8+ Kc8 55. Re8 Qh5 56. Rh8 Qg4 57. Qa6+ Kd7 58. Qb5+ Kc8 59. Nc6+ Kb7 60. Rb8+ 1-0

[Event "1st Seeburg Open"]
[Site "Lucern SUI"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[White "Georges, S"]
[Black "Brunner, K "]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2245"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Round "2"]

1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 Nc6 3. Nf3 Qe7 4. g3 Nxe5 5. Nxe5 Qxe5 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O Bc5 
8. Nd2 Ne7 9. Ne4 Ng6 10. Nxc5 Qxc5 11. Be3 Qe7 12. c4 O-O 13. c5 Rd8 14. Qb3 d5 15. cxd6 Qxd6 16. Rad1 Qc7 17. Rxd8+ Qxd8 18. h4 Qc7 19. h5 Be6 20. Qc3 Nf8 21. h6 f6 22. hxg7 Qxg7 23. a3 Nd7 24. Rd1 Qe7 25. Bf4 Qc5 26. Qd3 Re8 27. b4 Qh5 28. Bf3 Qg6 29. Qd4 Nb6 30. e4 Bg4 31. Bxg4 Qxg4 32. Kg2 Qe6 33. f3 Kg7 34. g4 Kg8 35. Kg3 Re7 36. Qd8+ Re8 37. Qc7 Qe7 38. Qxe7 Rxe7 39. Be3 Nc4 40. Bc5 Rf7 41. a4 a6 42. Rd8+ Kg7 43. Bd4 Ne5 44. g5 Nd7 45. gxf6+ Nxf6 46. Rd6 Rf8 47. Kf4 Rc8 48. Bxf6+ Kg6 49. Bg5+ Kf7 50. Rd7+ Kg6 51. Rd6+ Kg7 52. Bh6+ Kf7 53. Kf5 c5 54. bxc5 Rxc5+ 55. e5 b5 56. axb5 axb5 
57. Rd7+ Ke8 58. Rxh7 b4 59. Rb7 Rc3 60. f4 b3 61. e6 Rc5+ 62. Kf6 Rc8 63. Rxb3 Ra8 64. Rg3 1-0

[Event "8th Festival"]
[Site "Montecatini Terme ITA"]
[Date "1999.??.??"]
[White "Solozhenkin, E"]
[Black "Bocchicchio, G"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2544"]
[BlackElo "2209"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Round "9"]

1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 Nc6 3. Nf3 Qe7 4. Bf4 f6 5. exf6 Qxf6 6. Qc1 d5 7. e3 Bg4 8. Be2 Nge7 9. Bxc7 Rc8 10. Bg3 Nb4 11. Nc3 Bf5 12. Nd4 Qg6 13. O-O Nxc2 14. Nxf5 Qxf5 15. e4 Nd4 16. exf5 Nxe2+ 17. Nxe2 1-0

[Event "8th World Seniors"]
[Site "Grieskirchen GER"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[White "Lapienis, D"]
[Black "Richter, K "]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2305"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Round "02"]

1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 Nc6 3. Nf3 Qe7 4. Nbd2 g6 5. e4 Nxe5 6. Nxe5 Qxe5 7. Bd3 Bg7 
8. O-O d6 9. Nc4 Qe7 10. Re1 Be6 11. Be3 Qd7 12. Qd2 Ne7 13. Bh6 O-O 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15. Rad1 Rad8 16. Qc3+ Kg8 17. Ne3 f6 18. h3 Qc6 19. Qa3 a6 20. c4 Qc5 21. Qc3 Qg5 22. Kh1 Qh4 23. Re2 Nc6 24. Rf1 Bxh3 25. gxh3 Qxh3+ 26. Kg1 Ne5 27. f4 Qg3+ 28. Kh1 Nf3 29. Rxf3 Qxf3+ 30. Ng2 c6 31. Re3 Qh5+ 32. Kg1 b5 33. Be2 Qc5 34. b4 Qb6 35. Bg4 Rde8 36. c5 dxc5 37. bxc5 Qc7 38. e5 fxe5 39. fxe5 Qe7 40. e6 Rf6 41. Qe5 Rd8 42. Rf3 Rd1+ 43. Kh2 Rxf3 44. Bxf3 Rd2 45. Kg3 Rc2 46. Bxc6 Rxc5 47. Bd5 b4 48. Ne3 Rc3 49. Kg2 h5 50. Bb3 Rxb3 51. axb3 Qg7 52. Qe4 Qe7 53. Kh1 Kh7 54. Nd5 Qg5 55. e7 Qc1+ 56. Kg2 Qb2+ 57. Kh3 Qxb3+ 58. Ne3 1-0

[Event "zt 3.2"]
[Site "Yangon MYA"]
[Date "1998.??.??"]
[White "Kyaw Kyaw, S"]
[Black "Sawalani, N "]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2310"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Round "07"]

1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 Nc6 3. Nf3 Qe7 4. e4 Nxe5 5. Nxe5 Qxe5 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. Nd2 Bc5 
8. Nc4 Qe7 9. O-O d6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 g5 12. Bg3 Bg4 13. Qd2 O-O-O 14. b4 Bb6 15. Nxb6+ axb6 16. f3 Bd7 17. a4 Nh5 18. Bf2 Nf4 19. a5 b5 20. c4 Qe5 21. Rfc1 Ne6 22. a6 b6 23. cxb5 Kb8 24. Bc4 Bxb5 25. Qd5 c6 26. Qxe5 dxe5 27. Bxb6 Bxc4 28. Bxd8 Rxd8 29. Rxc4 Nd4 30. Kf2 Rd7 31. Ke3 Ka7 32. Ra3 Kb6 33. a7 Rxa7 34. Rxa7 Kxa7 35. Rxd4 exd4+ 36. Kxd4 Kb6 37. Kc4 Kc7 38. Kc5 f6 39. g4 1-0

Draws

[Event "Open"]
[Site "Coria del Rio ESP"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[White "Calvo, J"]
[Black "Garcia, F"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2272"]
[BlackElo "2130"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Round "5"]

1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 Nc6 3. Nf3 Qe7 4. g3 Nxe5 5. Nbd2 Nf6 6. Bg2 d5 7. O-O Bg4 8. Nxe5 Qxe5 9. Nf3 Qe6 10. h3 Bh5 11. Bf4 O-O-O 12. c3 Bd6 13. Nd4 Qd7 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. f4 h6 16. g4 Bg6 17. f5 Bh7 18. b4 g6 19. Qa4 Kb8 20. Rad1 Qe5 21. Rd3 gxf5 22. Qb5 Rd6 23. Nxf5 Bxf5 24. Rxf5 Qxe2 25. Bf1 Qe7 26. Rdf3 Rf8 27. Qc5 Ne4 28. Qd4 Ng5 29. Re3 Re6 30. Rxe6 fxe6 31. Rxf8+ Qxf8 32. Bg2 a6 33. Qe5 Ka7 34. Qxc7 Nf3+ 35. Bxf3 Qxf3 36. Qc5+ Ka8 37. Qc8+ Ka7 38. Qc5+ Ka8 39. Kh2 e5 40. Qc8+ Ka7 41. Qc5+ Ka8 42. Qc8+ Ka7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Oz.com qualifier blitz"]
[Site "Internet ICC"]
[Date "2000.??.??"]
[White "Rey, G"]
[Black "Gokerman, E"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2359"]
[BlackElo "2105"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Round "1"]

1. d4 e5 2. e3 exd4 3. exd4 d5 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. Nf3 Ne7 6. Bg5 f6 7. Bh4 Bf5 8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3 c6 10. Bg3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 Bxg3 12. hxg3 Na6 13. Rfe1 Ng6 14. Re2 Qd7 15. Rae1 Rae8 16. a3 Nc7 17. Na4 b6 18. Nc3 Rxe2 19. Rxe2 Re8 20. Kf1 Kf7 21. Nh4 Rxe2 22. Nxe2 Qe6 23. Nf5 Ne8 24. g4 Nd6 25. Nxd6+ Qxd6 26. Qf5 Qe6 27. Qd3 Qxg4 28. Qa6 Qd7 29. Qd3 Qd6 30. Qh3 Nf4 31. Qxh7 Nxe2 32. Qh5+ Kf8 33. Qxe2 Qf4 34. Qd1 Qh2 35. Qf3 Qh1+ 36. Ke2 Qc1 37. Qc3 Qf4 38. Qxc6 Qxd4 39. Qa8+ Kf7 40. Qxa7+ Kg6 41. Qd7 Qxb2 42. Qg4+ Kf7 43. Qd7+ Kg6 44. Qg4+ Kf7 45. Qd7+ Kg6 46. Qg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FSIM A Dec"]
[Site "Budapest HUN"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[White "Varga, P"]
[Black "Dudas, J"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2395"]
[BlackElo "2400"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Round "06"]

1. d4 e5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nh3 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c3 c6 7. Qb3 d5 8. Nf4 Na6 9. Nd2 Nc7 10. Nf3 Ne4 11. Nd3 Bf6 12. Nfxe5 Re8 13. f3 Nd6 1/2-1/2

Black Wins

[Event "Australian Open"]
[Site "Canberra AUS"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[White "Farrell, R "]
[Black "Gluzman, M"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2432"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Round "8"]

1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 Nc6 3. Nf3 Qe7 4. Nc3 Nxe5 5. e4 Nf6 6. Be2 Nxf3+ 7. Bxf3 d6 
8. O-O c6 9. Bf4 Be6 10. Qd4 h5 11. Rad1 Rd8 12. Qxa7 Ng4 13. Bxg4 hxg4 14. Rfe1 g5 15. Bg3 Bg7 16. Nd5 cxd5 17. exd5 O-O 18. dxe6 f5 19. f4 gxf3 20. gxf3 f4 21. Bf2 Be5 22. Bd4 g4 23. Bxe5 dxe5 24. fxg4 Qxe6 25. h3 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 f3 27. Qc5 Qf6 28. Rd6 Qf7 29. Qd5 Kh8 30. Qd2 Qh7 31. Kf1 Qxh3+ 32. Kf2 Qh4+ 33. Kf1 f2 34. Qd5 Qh3+ 0-1

[Event "Dutch Open"]
[Site "Dieren NED"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[White "Algra, J "]
[Black "Vedder, R"]
[Result "0-1"]
[BlackElo "2220"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Round "9"]

1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 Nc6 3. Nf3 Qe7 4. Qd3 Nxe5 5. Nxe5 Qxe5 6. Qe3 f6 7. Qxe5+ fxe5 8. e4 Nf6 9. Bd3 Bc5 10. h3 O-O 11. O-O c6 12. Nd2 d5 13. Nf3 Nxe4 14. Bxe4 dxe4 15. Nxe5 Be6 16. Be3 Bxe3 17. fxe3 Rad8 18. Rxf8+ Kxf8 19. Rf1+ Ke7 20. Rf4 Rd1+ 21. Kh2 Kd6 22. Nf7+ Kc7 23. Ng5 Bxa2 24. Rxe4 Rd2 25. Re7+ Rd7 26. Rxd7+ Kxd7 27. Kg3 a5 28. Kf4 Bb1 29. c3 Kd6 30. e4 b5 31. Nxh7 c5 32. Ng5 b4 33. cxb4 cxb4 34. Nf3 a4 35. Nd2 Bc2 36. e5+ Kd5 37. e6 Kxe6 38. Nc4 Bb3 39. Nd2 Bd5 40. Nb1 Bxg2 41. h4 Bd5 42. Kg5 Ke5 43. h5 Kd4 44. Kg6 Be4+ 0-1

[Event "corr C1996S.009"]
[Site "IECG"]
[Date "1997.??.??"]
[White "Petersen, P"]
[Black "Schmidt, W"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1347"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Round "?"]

1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 Nc6 3. Nf3 f6 4. exf6 Nxf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 Bc5 7. Qd3 g5 8. Qg6+ Kf8 9. Bg3 d6 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Nb3 Bb6 12. O-O-O Bf7 13. Qf5 Kg7 14. Kb1 Bg6 15. Qb5 a6 16. Qc4 Re8 17. e3 Ne4 18. Bd3 d5 19. Qa4 Qf6 20. Rhf1 a5 21. Bb5 Nxg3 22. hxg3 Re4 23. Qa3 Nb4 24. Ne1 c5 25. Nd2 Re7 26. Nd3 Rc8 27. Qa4 Nc6 28. Nc1 c4 29. Ne2 Nb4 30. Rc1 d4 31. Nxc4 Nxc2 32. Rxc2 d3 33. Kc1 dxe2 0-1

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