The stupid englund gambit

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Avatar of AirPhoenix527

when playing the london, what am i supposed to do against the englund gambit

Avatar of nicholson97

just take the pawn , after nc6 , go nf3 , and if Qe7 , go c3 avoiding the Qb4 check , then if knight takes on e5 , just take back the knight and go Nd2 to keep developpinng , it's the most practical response but not necessarily the best objectivly .

the best way to refute that dumb gambit is in this study done by GM daniel Naroditsky.

https://lichess.org/study/inBWS4oN

Avatar of AirPhoenix527

Thanks so much I find people are playing it more often then when I learned the london

Avatar of bhyyggx

Don't worry about what the GM says;besides its on lichess anyways yeah c3 is decent or anything that makes qb4 a bad move is good as its blacks only trick

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also 3.f4 is a nice sideline even if it weakens squares around your king although not reccomendable untill higher levels

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and if you want to dodge englund play c4 or even c3 if you REALLY want a london since it transposes into similar position