Englund Gambit: Main Line
A40 1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 Nc6 3. Nf3 Qe7
White scores 50.4% here across 989 club games — but the 35.1% who answer Bf4 score 44.4%, 6 points worse.
What White actually plays here
Across 989 games from a Lichess-derived book of club play, White scores 50.4% in this position. These are the replies people choose, and how each one works out.
| Reply | Games | Share | White scores | Verdict |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bf4 | 347 | 35.1% | 44.4% | below the line |
| Nc3 | 214 | 21.6% | 54.4% | holds up |
| Qd5 | 108 | 10.9% | 49.5% | holds up |
| Bg5 | 84 | 8.5% | 51.8% | holds up |
| e3 | 77 | 7.8% | 44.2% | below the line |
| e4 | 47 | 4.8% | 59.6% | holds up |
| c3 | 36 | 3.6% | 54.2% | holds up |
| g3 | 31 | 3.1% | 64.5% | 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.