Opening Traps 4 For The Improving Player | The Englund Gambit Trap

#OpeningTraps #ChessTraps #ImproveTraps https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Englund_Gambit MY THEORY: {Black's idea is to avoid the traditional closed queen's pawn games and create an open game with tactical chances, but at the cost of a pawn. The gambit is considered weak; Boris Avrukh writes that 1...e5 "seems to me the worst possible reply to White's first move} 1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 Nc6 3. Nf3 Qe7 4. Bf4 ( 4. Qd5 f6 5. exf6 Nxf6 6. Qb3 d5) (4. Nc3 Nxe5 5. Nxe5 Qxe5) 4... Qb4+ 5. Bd2 ( 5. Nc3 Qxf4 (5... Qxb2 6. Bd2) 6. Nd5 Qe4 7. Nxc7+ Kd8 8. Nxa8 Nxe5 {complex but white should be better}) 5... Qxb2 6. Bc3 (6. Nc3 Bb4 7. Rb1 Qa3 8. Nd5 (8. Rb3 Qa5) 8... Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 Kd8 {White is doing much better}) 6... Bb4 7. Qd2 ( 7. Bxb4 Nxb4 8. Na3 Qxa3) 7... Bxc3 8. Qxc3 Qc1# Add me on chess.com https://www.chess.com/member/smartypantschess Add me on lichess https://lichess.org/@ /smartypantschess If you have a game you'd like me to commentate on let me know! Perhaps it's a well known game or one of your own. Whatever the game let me know in the comments below! INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/smartypantschess/

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