Tennison Gambit

danggg! i'll try

you'll have to learn some lines though. 

Alekhine attack is pretty ferocious but it's not commonly seen (I've faced it once out of all my games or so)

so that only leaves the Rubenstein (where white keeps the pawn), the Positional variation (white tries to get the two bishops for free and grind all day), and the Alder variation (where white can play an f4 push and try to go all ham on black's kingside).

My favorite variation to play against is the Alder.

There was no need for the rest, you summed it up perfectly: a faithful fan of Hope Chess.

its very unsound and as bad as it looks.

most Scandinavian players should know by heart  how to get significant advantage out of this opening..

maybe less if you try to force d5 out of Reti but why should you..

i play it all the time in blitz and bullet tho cause its super fun and full of tricks.

Hope springs eternal...

https://www.chess.com/blog/EAL12/chess-trap-to-trick-your-opponent-tennison-gambit-intercontinental-ballistic-missile-variation

This is my favorite line- and the infamous line!

Tennison Gambit 1.e4 d5 2.Nf3 dxe4 3.Ng5 e5 

4.Nxe4 f5!? 42:55@25k -1.0

5.Ng3 Bc5 37:60@588 -0.5 SEE: 5.Nec3 below

6.Bc4? Bxf2+ 7.Kxf2 Qd4+ 33:65@159 -3.5

8.Kf1 Qxc4+ 27:70@77 -3.9

9.d3 Qf7 10.Nc3 Nf6 11.Bg5 Nc6 -5.7

9.Qe2 Qxe2+ 10.Kxe2 Nf6 -4.9

8.Ke1 Qxc4+ 9.d3 Qh4 -3.5

6.Nc3 Nf6 38:58@76 -1.6

7.Bc4? Bxf2+ 8.Kxf2 Qd4+ 26:73@88 -3.6

9.Ke1 Qxc4 23:75@44 -3.4

10.d3 Qh4 -5.6

10.Qe2 Qxe2+ 11.Kxe2 Nc6 -5.0

9.Kf1 Qxc4+ 29:71@38 -4.5

10.d3 Qf7 11.Bg5 Nc6 12.Bxf6 Qxf6 -6.1

10.Qe2 Qf4+! -4.1

11.Qf2 Qxf2+ 12.Kxf2 Bd7 13.d3 Nc6 -4.3

11.Qf3 Qh4 12.Nge2 Nc6 13.Qg3 Qxg3 -4.6

7.d3? Ng4! 8.Be3 Bxe3 9.fxe3 Nxe3 10.Qe2 Qd4 -5.5

6.d3 Nf6 26:68@53 -1.3

7.Bg5 0-0 37:62@68 -2.4

8.Nc3? Bxf2+ 9.Kxf2 Ng4+ -6.2

8.Be2 Bxf2+ -2.3

9.Kxf2 Ng4+ 10.Bxg4 fxg4+ 11.Ke2 Qxg5 -2.1

9.Kf1? Bb6 -6.6

8.Bxf6 Qxf6 -2.3

9.Be2 Nc6 10.0-0 Be6 -2.2

9.Nc3 Qb6! 10.d4 Bxd4 11.Bc4+ Be6 -4.6

7.Be2 Nc6 8.0-0 f4!? 9.Ne4 Nxe4 10.dxe4 Qg5 11.c3 a5 -1.4

7.Nc3 Ng4 8.Be3 Bxe3 9.fxe3 Nxe3 10.Qe2 Qd4 -5.6

7.Be3 Bxe3 8.fxe3 0-0 9.Be2 f4 10.exf4 exf4 11.Ne4 Nxe4 12.dxe4 Qh4+ -5.5

4.d3 Be7 5.Nxe4 Nc6 -0.9 

6.Nbc3 f5!? -1.4

7.Ng3 Nf6

8.Bg5 0-0 9.Be2 Nd4 10.0-0 f4 -2.9

8.Be2 0-0 9.0-0 Nd4 -1.7

7.Nd2 Nf6 8.Nb3!? Be6

7.Ng5 Nf6 8.g3 h6 9.Nf3 Be6 -1.4

6.Be2 f5!? -1.1

7.Nec3 Nf6 8.0-0 Be6 -1.6

7.Ned2 Bf6 8.c3 Nge7 9.0-0 0-0 -1.1

7.Ng3 Be6 -1.6

Tennison Gambit with 5.Nec3

1.e4 d5 2.Nf3 dxe4 3.Ng5 e5 4.Nxe4 f5!? 5.Nec3 Bc5

6.Bc4 Bxf2+ 27:72@218 -3.8

7.Kxf2 Qd4+ 25:72@170 -3.5

8.Kf1 Qxc4+ 29:70@83 -3.9

9.d3 Qf7 -4.1

9.Qe2 Qxe2+ -3.6

8.Ke1 Qxc4 -3.1

9.d3 Qf7 -4.0

9.Qe2 Qxe2+ -3.5

7.Kf1 Nf6 -3.8

6.d3 Nf6 37:60@98 -1.1

7.Bg5 0-0 35:63@153 -2.3

8.Nd2? Bxf2+ 9.Kxf2 Ng4+ -6.3

10.Kg1?? Qd4+ 11.Be3 Qxe3# 0-1

10.Ke1 Qxg5 -5.7

8.Bxf6 Qxf6 35:65@37 -3.8

9.Nd2 Qb6 -4.7 

9.Be2 Qb6 10.0-0 Qxb2 -5.7

8.Be2 Bxf2+ 9.Kxf2 Ng4+ 10.Bxg4 fxg4+ -3.2

11.Kg1?? Qd4+ 12.Be3 Qxe3# 0-1

11.Ke2 Qxg5 12.Ne4 Qh5 13.Nbc3 Nc6 -3.2

7.Be3 Bd6 8.Nd2? f4 -5.7

7.Be2 Nc6 -1.1

8.0-0 0-0 33:67@42 -0.9

9.Be3 Bd6 10.Nd2? f4 -6.3

9.Bg5 h6 -1.5 transposition below

9.Nd2 Be6 10.Nb3 Bb6 11.Na4 Re8 -0.9

8.Bg5 0-0 9.0-0 h6 32:68@19 -1.5

10.Bh4? g5 -6.2

10.Bxf6 Qxf6 -1.2

7.Nd2? Ng4 -5.6

8.d4 Bxd4 -6.5

8.Qf3? Bxf2+ 9.Kd1 Bd4 10.Nb3 Nf2+ 11.Ke1 Nxh1 -7.6

8.Nce4? fxe4 9.Nxe4 Be7 10.Be2 Nf6 -5.6

effing chess.com ate ALL of my tree indents

Why should White play 4.Nxe4 ? This is not in the spirit of a gambit. I play 4.d3 or even 4.h4 in this position.