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Mikenas Defense: Pozarek Gambit A40

A — Flank openings · Family: Mikenas Defense · basic reference page

1. d4 Nc6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Nxe5 4. Nc3 Nxc4

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• Position after 8 half-moves — White to move.
• Black holds a material edge worth 1 points.
• Family “Mikenas Defense” contains 4 recorded variation(s) here.

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Nearby ECO codes in the A — Flank openings volume — compare the move orders:

• Australian Defense (A40)
• English Defense (A40)
• Englund Gambit (A40)
• Englund Gambit Declined (A40)
• Horwitz Defense (A40)
• Mikenas Defense (A40)