I actually played that one time in an OTB tourney and everyone was surprised by it. It's called the Englund Gambit, it's been dismissed as unsound and never played. But late last night, before that match, I was experimenting, why not gambit again and play f6? I said. The result is an open game that d4 defensive players hate (and my opponent was one of those). Black can usually get a kingside attack too, with the open f file and a fianchettoed queen's bishop. It's an opening that allows black to play like white and attack, go after him early and after the king, but you are a pawn down for relatively nothing, if white treats the game like he's black and defends well, you have nothing to show...
Oh, I must state, my system is a little different then that one, and I think it's better, after 1.d4 e5 2. dxe5 f6 3. exf6, he should play Nxf6.
Originally posted by DeadBeSwallowedI only played 3...d5 to turn the game into a relativly familiar opening e.g. a danish gambit as black.
I actually played that one time in an OTB tourney and everyone was surprised by it. It's called the Englund Gambit, it's been dismissed as unsound and never played. But late last night, before that match, I was experimenting, why not gambit again and play f6? I said. The result is an open game that d4 defensive players hate (and my opponent was one ...[text shortened]... then that one, and I think it's better, after 1.d4 e5 2. dxe5 f6 3. exf6, he should play Nxf6.
