Englund Gambit
1.d4 2.e5
The Englund Gambit is an opening for Black against White's 1.d4. Although similar in appearance to the Budapest Gambit, the Englund is not a sound opening and, therefore, not popular among stronger players. However, the Englund Gambit does contain traps that can catch many players off guard and result in quick wins.
I play the Englund gambit as a 1500, and I enjoy playing against it as well. There are actually so many traps with black even outside of the main bishop capture/pin. As white you have to know the right moves 9-10 moves deep otherwise I'm gonna get you.
Also if white chooses to decline the gambit and advance the pawn instead of capturing, there's a few really nice traps there as well -- and even if they don't fall for those, black can get a nicely developed position in the advance variation.
U aren’t 1500 tho
much? 1477 as of right now, and I've been over 1500 multiple times in the last month or so. So yeah I'd call myself a 1500. You haven't even broken 1200 so what's your point?
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