what is this opening?

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It looks like 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Nxe5? Nxe5 4.d4 Nc6 5.d5 Ne5 6.f4.

I think it's called the Irish gambit. As the story goes, they asked the guy who invented it at his deathbed why he played 3.Nxe5, and he croaked "I didn't see it was protected."

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