Sick of the Englund gambit? I was and I practiced — For the budding patzer

Big props to listudy for this: https://listudy.org/en/studies/2om5fh-englund-gambit-for-white

I was getting sick of people playing this, knowing its a bullshit opening but with your opponent relying purely on it being unfamiliar and you slipping up. So I studied this for 5 minutes a day for a few days, and I was so happy when it came up! Really not that much to memorise so well worth a go if you like me dreaded seeing the Englund gambit. Now I love seeing it!

Key principles are:

Don't worry about your B-pawn, just make sure you have a way to protect both your knight and rook when it falls
Use the D file to create pressure on your opponents king
Keep an eye out for opportunities to fork the king and rook, and discover checks attacking your opponents king

You're basically defending your pieces and slowly building pressure on your opponents king

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