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St. George Defense

Zilbermints Gambit

B00gambitoffbeataggressive

  1. 1.e4a6
  2. 2.d4e5
332 games56%40%

A gambit line of the St. George Defense in which Black answers 2. d4 with 2...e5, offering a pawn to strike at White's center at once.

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About the Zilbermints Gambit

The Zilbermints Gambit, 2...e5 against 2. d4, abandons the St. George Defense's usual queenside expansion with ...b5 in favor of an immediate central counterstrike. The e-pawn is offered. 3. dxe5, the most frequent answer, accepts it. 3. d5 gains space and closes the center, and Black has scored well against it in online play. 3. Nf3 is another common reply. The engine assesses White as clearly better.

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