Englund Gambit
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Overview:
The Englund Gambit is a very common trap for black where you sacrifice a pawn at the beginning of the game to win a queen. There are a few variations to this but they all come from the one I'll be showing today. This is one of the most common but still in my opinion one of the best....
So the first move comes from white which is 1.d4. This is known as the Queen's Pawn Opening. There are a LOT of variations and is arguably the 2nd most common opening you will see but after, instead of playing the very common d5 as black, you'll play 1.e5, giving up the pawn....
To white, it might seem like black might be new to chess so they'll take the "free" pawn and play 2. Xe5...and so after, you will 2.Nc6, attacking the pawn, developing, and add a string of defenders to stay up a point.....But this will later come out to be a desperate move for black...
Usually, after this white will play 3.Nf3 which is both developing a piece and also at the same time, defending the pawn....As you can see, this pawn is very crucial as it is in the middle of all the attention and whichever piece can win this piece will take control of the center....but this excitement is what leads to white's downfall....
After as black, you play this seemingly desperate move, Qe7 or queen to e7.....this might just seem like its attacking the pawn and placing another attacker, it is arguably the most crucial move to play this great gambit.....and after, to keep the pawn, chances are that white will play bf4 or bishop to f4 to keep defending the pawn or to place another defender....
This is the position you should be at by the 4th move and it looks like white has better development but black has a few checks that they can use to help win the game.....
And so after, you (as black) play this at first inaccurate move, Qb4+ or Queen to b4 check and this check makes white aware that this is a fork with bishop and the king.....and if white sees how to save this, they'll play Qd2, blocking the check and defending the bishop and overall a what looks like, "good" save....
After white plays this "good" move, you play QxB2 or queen takes the pawn on b2 and this traps the rook....Obviously white doesn't want to lose a rook this early so they'll usually play Qc3, backing up the rook and then you cant take the white queen as it's backed up by the knight.....
If you look closely and see possible next moves, you'll find that this is a HORRIFIC blunder...I'll give you a but of time to find the move......Found it?....Well if you said Bb4 or bishop to b4, then you are correct!, as you can see, this move pins the queen and they cannot do anything about it and should be a very easy win for you as you are up a QUEEN...Here are the moves....
And as you can see, Black is COMPLETELY winning and its only a couple of moves before black wins either by resignation or mate.
If interested, here is the other variation known from this trap...
So I really hope you enjoyed this trap as it's av very well known trap yet you'll always find people that still fall for it so if you find anyone playing 1.D4, I recommend trying this out
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