Englund Gambit: Hartlaub-Charlick Gambit
A40 1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 d6
White scores 47.3% here across 1,443 club games — but the 67.0% who answer exd6 score 43.7%, 4 points worse.
What White actually plays here
Across 1,443 games from a Lichess-derived book of club play, White scores 47.3% in this position. These are the replies people choose, and how each one works out.
| Reply | Games | Share | White scores | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| exd6 | 967 | 67.0% | 43.7% | below the line |
| Nf3 | 338 | 23.4% | 55.6% | holds up |
| Bf4 | 56 | 3.9% | 48.2% | holds up |
"Below the line" means the reply scores at least three points worse than the position does overall. Replies played fewer than 25 times are left out: the sample is too small to read.
Is this costing you anything?
A table of averages cannot tell you whether you go wrong here — only your own games can. Opening Leak Lab reads your Chess.com or Lichess archive, finds the decisions you repeat, and checks each one against this book and a bundled Stockfish.