About this opening
Zukertort Opening: Tennison Gambit, Brigg's Trap is an opening in the Encyclopedia of Chess Openings,
classified under code A06. ECO group A (A00–A99)
covers flank and irregular openings, including the English, Bird, Réti and Dutch defences. This particular variation is reached
after 10 half-moves from the
starting position, with the move sequence 1. e4 d5 2. Nf3 dxe4 3. Ng5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bf5 5. Qe2 Qd4.
It belongs to the Zukertort Opening family.
Within that family this is a level-2 branch (the Tennison Gambit → Brigg's Trap line). The immediate parent line is Zukertort Opening: Tennison Gambit, transitioned via 5…Qd4.
The opening sequence in prose form: 1.e4 d5, 2.Nf3 dxe4, 3.Ng5 Nf6, 4.Nc3 Bf5, 5.Qe2 Qd4. From this position the encyclopaedia records no further canonical continuations — practical play branches into unnamed transpositions or returns to the parent line for alternative ideas.
Use the interactive board above to walk through the moves position-by-position. Click any move in the navigation to step backwards, or use the keyboard arrow keys. For statistical data — how often master-level players have reached this position, White's win-rate, draw frequency, Black's score — see the panel in the right column.
Caissly's coverage of A06 extends through every named sub-variation in this line and across all four locales (English, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian). Where editorial commentary exists for a specific variation it appears as the page body; otherwise the page presents the structural data, board, and statistics as shown here.