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Haiku575

Is this playable? I 'discovered' it at 2:00 a.m on a bullet match, so probably not: 

notmtwain

It is called the Elephant Gambit. Your variation is evidently the Elephant Gambit Declined.

Did you play the gambit and somebody declined it? Or was it the other way around?

Haiku575

I know about the Elephant Gambit already. My question is, is 3. d4 actually playable?

PeskyGnat

I'm sure it's playable, reminds me of a line I play as Black 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 e5 4. c3 and now Black can play the double pawn move 4...d5

Haiku575

How amusing. When I first played the move I thought it was a joke ;)

Robert_New_Alekhine

It's plausible. No reason not to take the pawn though.