After 6.Nf3, I found only one game in the Chesslive DB and it's not even a GM game. It's rather interesting, though, and worth renewing the discussion. The move Black played here is 6...Ng4!?
Maybe not too well-played by White but, as I said, just trying to keep this discussion going. I will try to give some more ideas as I am quite fascinated with the Icelandic Gambit.
Are you familiar with the above idea from the Portuguese (after 3. d4 rather than 3.c4)? Might be of interest...
Cool one, Timojito! The Portuguese is arguably White's best response to the 2...Nf6 Scandinavian. I'll have to give that a try some time. Thanks for sharing!
Not sure that the portuguese is a white response? Since black can recapture on d5 instead of playing Bg4.
3.d4 is known as the Portuguese Variation and, yes, Black can capture on d5 but he has merely regained his pawn. Meanwhile, White follows up with 4.c4 taking the center and forcing Black to lose more time by moving the Knight a 3rd time.. 3...Bg4 is the most promising move if Black wishes to continue playing in gambit style, choosing tempo and development over material.
So Boris Alterman covers the Icelandic gambit in his gambit guide, and he mentions a sideline of Bc5 instead of the standard Bxe6. He says it is "playable even at the master level, but mostly just for fun". The line is very interesting to me and I have won several blazing victories off of it, but unfortunately he only mentions Bc5 and shows no analysis, and I cant find any resources about it online, so everything ive found is original ideas. I was hoping you guys could help me find some ideas after Nf3, which appears to be whites strongest reply.
Any ideas on how to improve the line would be appreciated!