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Englund gambit?

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gwnn
Nov 2, 2010
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I lost against the Englund gambit in the club after

d4-e5
dxe5-d6
exd6-Bxd6

and soon my opponent (who is a good player but probably wanted to try something fun for a blitz game) had his bishops on g4 and b4 and annoyed both my knights.

Is there a simple answer to this variation? I am learning 1. d4 from Cox's "Starting out" book but there he only discusses 2. ... Nc6. Thanks

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tigergutt
Nov 2, 2010
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#2

i prefer 1.d4...e5 2.e4 but i guess its a matter of taste

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joereal
Nov 18, 2010
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#3

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Englund_Gambit#Blackburne-Hartlaub_Gambit

Hope this helps. In my ChessBase database white scores 79% after 1.d4 e5 2. dxe5 d6 3.Nf3 so this line shouldn't give rise to an advantage for black if white plays acceptably. I guess you just had a bad day.