Englund Gambit

The Englund Gambit is a horrible trap, that to the unprepared can checkmate in eight. But beware, it is not always the best opening if your opponent is ready.

If your opponent plays d4 (as white) then you can immediately start your attack. You shall play e5, and your opponent will most likely take your pawn.

You shall bring out your knight putting the opponents pawn in danger, and so they will protect with the knight.

Now you will bring out your queen attacking the pawn, and so to defend it the opponent will bring out their bishop.

Then you'll launch a horrible fork, attacking both the bishop and the g pawn, they will move back the bishop to defend the king, and then you shall take the g pawn.

Seeing the threat on the rook, they move up the bishop to defend it, putting your queen in danger, so you must pin the bishop with your bishop.

Then they will move their queen to defend the bishop, allowing you to take it, and after they take back, it is checkmate on f8.

Of course, there is much more to the englund gambit, so here is the pgn to play around with:

1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 Nc6 3. Nf3 (3. Bf4 Qe7 (3... f6)) (3. f4 d6) 3... Qe7 4. Bf4 ( 4. Nc3 Nxe5 5. Nd5 (5. Nxe5 Qxe5 6. e4 Bb4) 5... Nxf3+ 6. gxf3 Qd8) (4. Qd5 f6) 4... Qb4+ (4... d6) (4... f6) 5. Bd2 (5. Nc3 Qxf4 6. Nd5 Qe4 7. Nxc7+ Kd8 8. Nxa8 Nxe5) (5. Qd2 Qxb2 6. Qc3 Bb4) 5... Qxb2 6. Bc3 (6. Nc3 Bb4 (6... Nb4 7. Nd4) 7. Rb1 Qa3 (7... Qxc3 8. Bxc3 Bxc3+ 9. Nd2 Bxe5) 8. Rb3 (8. Nd5 Ba5 (8... Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 Qxa2 10. Rd1 Kd8) 9. Rb5 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 Kd8) 8... Qa5 9. a3 (9. e3 Nge7 10. Bd3 Ng6) 9... Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Qc5 11. e3 a6 12. Bd3 Nge7) 6... Bb4 7. Qd2 (7. Bxb4 Nxb4) 7... Bxc3 8. Qxc3 (8. Nxc3 Qxa1+) 8... Qc1# 

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