Chess Opening Theory/1. d4/1...f5/2. e4

Staunton Gambit
a b c d e f g h 8 8 7 7 6 6 5 5 4 4 3 3 2 2 1 1 a b c d e f g h
Position in Forsyth-Edwards Notation (FEN) rnbqkbnr/ppppp1pp/8/5p2/3PP3/8/PPP2PPP/RNBQKBNR b
Moves: 1. d4 f5 2. e4
ECO code: A82-A83
Parent: Dutch Defence

Staunton Gambit

2. e4

The type of approach one might expect to be successful against the Dutch in view of the weak h5-e8 diagonal. Practice has shown that Black has adequate resources and it difficult for white to show much after a skirmish to recover the pawn sacrifice.

Theory table

For explanation of theory tables, see theory table and for notation, see algebraic notation.

1. d4 f5 2. e4

	2	3	4	5	6	7
	e4 fxe4	Nc3 Nf6	Bg5 c6	f3 d5	fxe4 dxe4	Bc4 Bg4	=
	... ...	... ...	... Nc6	d5 Ne5	Qd4 Nf7	Bxf6 exf6	=
Kingston Defence by transposition	... e6	exf5 exf5	Bd3 Nc6	Nf3			+=
Balogh Defence by transposition	... d6	Nc3 Nf6	Bd3 fxe4	Nxe4 Nxe4			+=

References

• Nunn's Chess Openings. 1999. John Nunn (Editor), Graham Burgess, John Emms, Joe Gallagher. ISBN 1-8574-4221-0.

• Kasparov, Garry, & Keene, Raymond 1989 Batsford chess openings 2. ISBN 0-8050-3409-9.