Why is it called the "Englund Gambit" when England is spelt with an a?

"Englund", isn't it England?

Thats cuz the gambit was named after a Swedish chess master, Fritz Englund, not the country.

I hardly think someone who played the Englund gambit could be called a chess "master".

And I guess that IM Michael Basman should not play the Grob either?

England already has the English Opening (1. c4) and then there's also the English Attack in the Sicilian Defense, or the London System, but there may be more too.

Well it's arguable whether it's chess at all at that point.

I'll take Basman for the win.

ding ding ding ding

That's absolutely correct!

Unfortunately, you forgot to phrase it in the form of a question, so you lose all your money.

I agree. If a chess master is playing (even a silly opening like the Grob), then they are probably the big favorite against any non-master level chess player. Besides, the Grob has some thematic tricks and traps to it. At least it has that even if objectively it is worse than other openings. I'd probably prefer to open with g4 compared to something like h3 or Na3.

to the Englund, I say, "thanks for the free pawn... let's play chess!"

Well, yeah, there's that.

thanks now i know