Created by potrace 1.16, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2019

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Playing White · 93 blitz games · 34W 50L 9D · Your opponents choose this

Englund Gambit

You win the opening against the Englund, then lose it on the clock.

Score41%−8% vs your average
Win chance after move 1258%+6% vs your average
Blunders per game1.53+0.30 vs your average
Clock left at move 102:29−11s vs your average
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Your most common line

1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 Nc6 3. Nf3 Qe7

What it says about you

Your opponent plays 1...e5 against your 1.d4 and gambits a pawn. You take it and try to keep it, which is the correct answer. Your results say that you get annoyed by this cheeky gambit, spend too much time proving it is bad, and then lose to your own clock.

How you play it

This is the strangest gap in your games. Your win chance is 58.3 at move 12 and 56.3 at move 20, well above your baselines of 52.1 and 54.1, yet you score only 41.4%, one of your worst results, and 33.3% over the last 6 games. You are slow here (148.6s at move 10) and blunder a lot (1.53 per game against 1.22). You converted only 31 of 75 winning positions (41%). Of your 50 losses, 27 were timeouts, 15 of them in playable positions.

Last 90 days: 6 games, 33% score.

What you're missing

  1. 01

    Winning endgames lost on time: your recent game had 32.Qd8, 33.Qxd7 and 34.Ra8 with 1.1s, 0.2s and 0.1s left, and 90% became 50% on each move. You were winning, just with no time.

  2. 02

    Conversion is the real leak: 31 wins from 75 positions at 85%+. That is 44 games you could have won and did not.

  3. 03

    At move 13 you castled instead of taking the rook with Nxh8, which dropped a bishop and went from 88 to 62. With a big material haul on offer, take it.

  4. 04

    You are slow in the opening (148.6s at move 10) against a gambit that should be quick to play if you know the line.

How to improve it

  1. 01

    After 1.d4 e5 2.dxe5 Nc6 3.Nf3 Qe7, play 4.Qd5 (defends e5) or 4.Nc3. Both keep the extra pawn and avoid Black's traps without thinking.

  2. 02

    If you play 4.Bf4 Qb4+ 5.Bd2 Qxb2, the trap is 6.Bc3 Bb4 7.Qd2 Bxc3 8.Qxc3?? Qc1#. Play 6.Nc3 instead to stay safe.

  3. 03

    Once you are a clean pawn up, trade queens as soon as possible. The Englund is a gambit, so queenless positions are where your extra pawn counts most.

  4. 04

    Give yourself a time target: the moves to this position should be instant, and you should be at 165s at move 10.

Where it goes wrong

Your losses in this opening, by where and how the decisive mistake happened.

Phase of the decisive mistake

opening6n=6
middlegame21n=21
endgame7n=7

What the mistake was

Lost on time in a playable position15n=15
Hung a piece (left it undefended)10n=10
Missed a tactic / only move9n=9
Big positional error (no simple tactic)3n=3
Allowed a mating attack3n=3

Variations you reach

Main line9242%

Winning positions converted here: 41% (31 of 75).

Recent mistakes in this opening

Your move in red, Stockfish's in black.

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Endgame error · 0:01 left
32. Qd8? Best was Rc8. 90% → 50%
vs bosu69 (1511) · 17-09-26 →
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Endgame error · 0:00 left
33. Qxd7? Best was Qc8. 85% → 50%
vs bosu69 (1511) · 17-09-26 →
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Endgame error · 0:00 left
34. Ra8? Best was Rc8. 90% → 50%
vs bosu69 (1511) · 17-09-26 →
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Hung a piece · 1:04 left
13. O-O? Best was Nxh8. 88% → 62%
vs jacek12 (1533) · 27-08-26 →

Next steps

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Memorise 4.Qd5 or 4.Nc3

Pick one reply to 3...Qe7 and learn it to move 8. You are spending time you do not need to.

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Trade queens when ahead

Once you are a pawn up, look for queen trades. It makes conversion easier and saves clock.

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Premove in winning endgames

When you are winning with under 20s, premove simple moves. Your recent collapse cost 40 points on three moves in a row.