routine king's pawn opening.

routine response noted.

latvian gambit or the philidor or something else

not the elephant gambit at this point. and one step further than the philidor. a rather unusual start, here. doesn't seem to match anything on record.

very unusual, now. could be turning into a different method of getting worked into a center gambit.

everything is thrown out the window now. almost as though trying also to turn this into a queen's pawn game as well.

turning into something in the realm of the latvian gambit, limzovich variation, at ths point.

probably just evening-out material, but we're definitely fighting for control of the center, as well.

definitely bearing down on the f7 square, with a high likelihood of forking the queen and rook.

perhaps the only defensive move possible, that might also be effective. it as been decided ... this is the mainline of the SLOTH GAMBIT.