Should I play Nd5 instead of moving the queen?
Englund gambit
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Apr 12, 2019
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Englund gambit: 1. d4 e5
Here it's the Bird opening: Williams gambit: 1. f4 d5 2. e4. 
After reviewing it's clear that moving the knight to threaten the fork is optimal
Well the first time I saw it was in a 3min game where I moved the bishop and got smashed. That's what it is for basically, like most other openings that steer towards one trap.
Jun 7, 2019
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The Englund Gambit is a rarely played chess opening that starts with the moves:
Black's idea is to avoid the traditional closed queen's pawn games and create an open game with tactical chances, but at the cost of a pawn. The gambit is considered weak; Boris Avrukh writes that 1...e5 "seems to me the worst possible reply to White's first move".[1] It is almost never seen in top-level play.
There are a few cheap trappy tricks early in the opening phase that low level players of the white pieces may fall into, but once those peter out black is pretty much just down a pawn for nothing.
time to learn a new defense folks. (unless you want to forever remain stuck at 1100 rating)
Jun 7, 2019
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I have lost to the Englund gambit in blitz. Also to the Halloween gambit. Its not so easy to play against this stuff quickly if you know nothing other than that it is supposed to be bad/dubious and your opponent knows what tricks he has if you don't play the best line.
blueemu wrote:
The whole line looks worthless.
Looks?
I will give you the benefit of doubt and assume that your chess.com rating is in line with your real world rating and NOT as a result of some digitally based chicanery.
I only say this because if your rating is a true reflection of your ability then you of all people should know there is more to an opening than simply how it looks.
No opening is truly worthless unless it loses by specific force or gives up a considerable FINITE advantage which leads to an inescapable loss. You of all people should know chess openings are all about preparation and playing them against the right opponent based on how good they are, how good you are and under what circumstances you are playing. Refutations are only as good as the opponent who knows them.
All that being said. I have a signed copy of Mr. William's books, The Williams Gambit and I think it is perfectly playable under the right conditions.
Mind you, I think Mr.Williams is quite correct where he notes that
1. f4 d5 2. e4 dxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Qe2?! Nc6! 5. Nxe4 Nd4 6. Nxf6+ gxf6 7. Qd1 Bg4! is the critical test milking the weakness of the f3 square.
Hi, ive met the Englund gambit many times now, typically when I play d4 with white, today when white opened with f4 and I did d5. My question is about what one does after moving the knight.
This game was f4, d5, e4, dxe4, Qe2, Nf6, Nc3, Bf5, Qb5, Bd7, Qxb7, Nc6.
Here I think I have defended as "pr texrboot". He then did Bb5, I did Rb8, and he then did Qa6. This is the move I'm unsure how to progress from as they threaten taking on c6. I played Qc8 to ensure if he takes I can take queen, but is that really the best response? Feels like im getting locked in... (He then blundered and took, I won the game and pushed my rating past 1400 for the first time since I picked up chess again after a 25y long break, wooohooo).