Is there a trick to confuse weak Queen's gambit players?

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drooooooongy

Hi, I'm pretty much a bad chess player and I'm not here looking to get (much) better. I usually play with my friends who are also weak. Most of them, though, play Queen's gambit which is really annoying for me and I'm looking for an opening which would confuse them after 1. d4. I encovered 1. ..e5 aka Englund Gambit which looks good, but generally black is worse in most of the variations. Is there any other response to d4 which would make 2. c4 a bad move and confuse my opponents or is there a good tutorial how to play Englund Gambit as black ? Once again I repeat, I have no interest of becoming Magnus Carlsen strong nor a good chess player, I just want to annoy my friends just like they annoy me with 1. d4. Thanks for help.

TheCrazyPotato1
I’m not the greatest chess player but:


Something that could be kind of annoying would be playing Nf6 and if white pushes the pawn forward simply play c6.
Another variation would be if instead of white pushing the pawn forward he plays c4. If he does this, simply play d5.

In conclusion:
d4, Nf6, d5, c6
Or
d4, Nf6, c4, d5

Hope this helps!
Uhohspaghettio1

The Budapest defence maybe. I can never really end up much better when my opponent plays that, I should probably learn it better. But there is no line I really like playing against it. 

You should probably avoid the QGD though. The Slav may be a good option for you. 

The QGA is also a well-respected opening. If you learn it really well it could end up confusing QG players, especially if you play a line where you get to keep the pawn.  

kindaspongey

Maybe the Albin?

My First Chess Opening Repertoire for Black
https://www.newinchess.com/media/wysiwyg/product_pdf/9050.pdf
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tlay80

I've never played the Englund, but if they're not theory mavens and you study up, you'll have the upper hand.  For an opening's ultimate theoretical soundness to really matter, both players have to know the theory well.

You could also play any number of openings that begin with Nf6, rather than d5.  Or the Dutch (1. d4 f5).  One that tends to change the character of the game significantly from that of most 1. d4 games is the Benoni (1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5).

kindaspongey

"... Black's position is quite awful. …" - FM Carsten Hansen (2010)

tlay80

Okay, I'll grant that's simply an intuitive way for White to play, so if theory doesn't offer better plans for Black, then perhaps other opening ideas are better.

KingSideInvasion

drooooooongy wrote:

Hi, I'm pretty much a bad chess player and I'm not here looking to get (much) better. I usually play with my friends who are also weak. Most of them, though, play Queen's gambit which is really annoying for me and I'm looking for an opening which would confuse them after 1. d4. I encovered 1. ..e5 aka Englund Gambit which looks good, but generally black is worse in most of the variations. Is there any other response to d4 which would make 2. c4 a bad move and confuse my opponents or is there a good tutorial how to play Englund Gambit as black ? Once again I repeat, I have no interest of becoming Magnus Carlsen strong nor a good chess player, I just want to annoy my friends just like they annoy me with 1. d4. Thanks for help.

Budapest gambit or elefant trap. Good luck!

kindaspongey

Never heard of the elefant. Is that like the heffalump?

MervynS

Problem with the Budapest is that it can be avoided by playing 2. Nf3 first, which is what I always play