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Dutch, Staunton Gambit (A82)
1 d4 f5 2 e4

Number of games in database: 115
Years covered: 1846 to 2012
Overall record:
   White wins 43.5%
   Black wins 38.3%
   Draws 18.3%

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PRACTITIONERS
With the White Pieces With the Black Pieces
Blackburne  5 games
David Bronstein  4 games
 
Wilhelm Steinitz  5 games
Savielly Tartakower  5 games
Jacques Mieses  3 games
NOTABLE GAMES [what is this?]
White Wins Black Wins
Tartakower vs Mieses, 1925
Euwe vs Weenink, 1923
A E Blackmar vs A Labry, 1876
Ed Lasker vs Alekhine, 1913
B Malisov vs Kupreichik, 1963
Blackburne vs Steinitz, 1862
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 page 1 of 5; games 1-25 of 115  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves Year Event/LocaleOpening
1. Kieseritzky vs Horwitz 1-056 1846 London m1A82 Dutch, Staunton Gambit
2. Krefeld vs Amsterdam ½-½52 1853 City MatchA82 Dutch, Staunton Gambit
3. Owen vs Anderssen  1-046 1862 LondonA82 Dutch, Staunton Gambit
4. Blackburne vs Steinitz ½-½20 1862 LondonA82 Dutch, Staunton Gambit
5. Blackburne vs Steinitz 0-119 1862 LondonA82 Dutch, Staunton Gambit
6. Jaenisch vs Kolisch  1-083 1863 St PetersburgA82 Dutch, Staunton Gambit
7. Blackburne vs Steinitz ½-½20 1863 London m2A82 Dutch, Staunton Gambit
8. Blackburne vs Steinitz 0-119 1863 London m2A82 Dutch, Staunton Gambit
9. C Golmayo vs Steinitz 0-121 1867 ParisA82 Dutch, Staunton Gambit
10. A E Blackmar vs A Labry 1-014 1876 UnknownA82 Dutch, Staunton Gambit
11. K Walbrodt vs G Makovetz  ½-½61 1892 DresdenA82 Dutch, Staunton Gambit
12. Lasker vs Bird 1-038 1899 LondonA82 Dutch, Staunton Gambit
13. Blackburne vs Bird 1-039 1899 LondonA82 Dutch, Staunton Gambit
14. A Hodges vs E Hymes  0-136 1900 New YorkA82 Dutch, Staunton Gambit
15. Gunsberg vs Von Popiel ½-½46 1902 Monte CarloA82 Dutch, Staunton Gambit
16. Leonhardt vs Chigorin 0-125 1905 Barmen Meisterturnier AA82 Dutch, Staunton Gambit
17. V Sjoberg vs Tarrasch 1-039 1911 Skivarp free gamesA82 Dutch, Staunton Gambit
18. Bogoljubov vs S Langleben  1-032 1912 All Russian Amateur TtA82 Dutch, Staunton Gambit
19. Ed Lasker vs Alekhine 0-146 1913 London m (03)A82 Dutch, Staunton Gambit
20. Marshall vs E Michelsen  1-039 1915 New York MastersA82 Dutch, Staunton Gambit
21. Goldschmied vs Preinhalter 1-020 1916 ?A82 Dutch, Staunton Gambit
22. G Oskam vs Tartakower  0-135 1920 Utrecht itA82 Dutch, Staunton Gambit
23. Tartakower vs Mieses ½-½37 1921 The HagueA82 Dutch, Staunton Gambit
24. J Schweiger vs Tartakower 0-132 1921 BudapestA82 Dutch, Staunton Gambit
25. Teichmann vs Mieses  ½-½27 1922 4, Teplitz-Schonau it GERA82 Dutch, Staunton Gambit
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Kibitzer's Corner
May-16-04  Minor Piece Activity: This has a really bad win percentage, but I hear that it's considered deadly. Is it overrated? I don't play 1. d4, but I do play the Dutch. =D
May-16-04  Lawrence: <MPA>, I don't see that A82 and A83 are all that bad.
Jun-13-04  Bad Star: Opening of the day. Theoretically the Staunton Gambit leads to equality, I think. That said, it may be one of the strongest answers to the dutch at the club-level where people don't know their theory.
Jul-29-05  Giancarlo: I've played against the stauton gambit a few times. If I recall it was dangerous. However I think I had winning numbers against it. To be precise 3 wins, 1 loss, and 3 draws
Sep-07-05  admeyer: I did a web search for info on this opening because there are not a whole lot of games in databases and opening books tend to ignore it for the most part. I know it is not the greatest system for black, but it virtually is all you need to play against any of white's most mainline first move choices. I got to it because of my need to avoid the Pirc with black. Against d4 players, my favorite is, 1.d4 d6 2.c4 e5! where I have an excellent record. The only set back was that when I played against tougher opposition, I would too often get: 1.d4 d6 2.e4 and I would go into the Modern which I was never too crazy about. I started looking for early deviations against this and saw the best way out was 2.f5, and although white should retain an opening advantage, the position is more than playable for black. I was then shocked to see so little of this system mentioned anywhere.

I am far from a professional player and I have very little time to devote to chess. At this point, I only have time to play online. I don't want to spend what little time I have for the game studying openings and have found a way to tighten-up my repertoire so that I can concentrate more on the middle and end game phases of chess.

Sep-07-05  Juan De Pisto: I have seen this some time ago, seems an interesting choice for a gambit player, and after all if a solid player like Staunton played it, then must be not so "unsound".
Mar-19-06  WTHarvey: Here is a little collection of winning combinations in the A82 Staunton miniatures: http://www.wtharvey.com/a82.html
Oct-31-06  GeauxCool: Five Chapters of Info, annotated games, on this opening Part 1
http://www.chessville.com/UCO/TRNT/...

Part 2
http://www.chessville.com/UCO/TRNT/...

Part 3
http://www.chessville.com/UCO/TRNT/...

Part 4
http://www.chessville.com/UCO/TRNT/...

Part 5
http://www.chessville.com/UCO/TRNT/...

Nov-27-08
Premium Chessgames Member
  refutor: inspired by Keith Hayward's analysis (linked to by GeauxCool above, although i found them separately) i have been taking up 1.d4 f5 2.e4 d6 as a way to decline the Staunton gambit and it's fun for blitz. i'm sure that rybka would rip me up but tartakower gave it a go (by transposition admittedly, but declining the lisitsin gambit which is another interesting try) so it can't be completely terrible :)

Bogoljubov vs Tartakower, 1936

Sep-28-10  rapidcitychess: Opening of the day. 2...e6 is the only alternetive to the main line and is deemed inferior. I belieave the reason is that the fatal diagonal has been weakened, and the same can be said of the light squares. This also can happen in the Staunton gambit accepted, but at least black has a pawn for his/her troubles.
Sep-28-10  ughaibu: 2....d6 is known as Balogh's defence. Kind of obviously, 2....e6 isn't the "only alternative".
Sep-29-10  rapidcitychess: <ughaibu> I meant 2...d6, but 2...e6 seems suspicious.
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