[Event "Opening Traps in the Englund Gambit: #1 The Englund Trap"]
[Site "https://lichess.org/study/AC5oT6U3/2Seiq5vU"]
[Date "2010"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Nagy, Peter"]
[Black "Hetesi, Zoltan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Annotator "https://lichess.org/@/Jonnyx"]
[BlackElo "1543"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Englund Gambit Complex: Englund Gambit"]
[UTCDate "2020.06.12"]
[UTCTime "14:01:07"]
[Variant "Standard"]
[WhiteElo "2050"]

{ You can watch the analyse of the game as a video aswell: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfloUPImf5E In this game you will se one of the most common traps in chess. I checked the Lichess Database and until today nearly 13.000 players got snared in the trap. So I think every 1.d4 player should study this game carefully to avoid to get trapped. } 1. d4 e5 { The starting position of the Englund Gambit. It doesn't have the best reputation, but it's still quite common in blitz games on amateur level because of the easy to learn Englund Trap that many players fall for. } 2. dxe5 { It is known that "the best way to refute a gambit is to accept it‚Äù and so white accepts the Gambit. } 2... Nc6 { developing the knight and attacking the e5 pawn. [%cal Gc6e5] } 3. Nf3 Qe7 { Black again attacks the pawn on e5. [%cal Ge7e5,Gc6e5] } 4. Bf4 ( 4. Qd5 { is the move I prefere and is known as the Stockholm Variation. Game normaly continues with the moves [%cal Gd5e5,Gf3e5] } 4... f6 5. exf6 Nxf6 6. Qb3 d5 7. Bf4 ( 7. Nc3 $6 Bd7 { threatening Na5! [%cal Gc6a5] } 8. Bg5 ( 8. Qxb7 Rb8 9. Qxc7 Qc5 { and even if black is down 3 pawns he got tremendous compansation and a huge attack will follow. } ) 8... Na5 { and it's black who has the fun in this position. } ) 7... Bd7 8. e3 { and I don't think that blacks compensation is enough for the pawn. White keeps an edge. } ) 4... Qb4+ { [%cal Gb4e1,Gb4f4] } 5. Bd2 ( 5. Nc3 Qxf4 6. Nd5 { [%cal Gd5f4,Gd5c7] } 6... Qe4 7. Nxc7+ { [%cal Gc7e8,Gc7a8] } 7... Kd8 8. Nxa8 Nxe5 { was also possible for white, but I would prefere the mainmove as a white player. } ) 5... Qxb2 { black threatens to take the rook on a1. [%cal Gb2a1] } 6. Bc3 $4 { At the first glance this move looks logical, because white saved the rook on a1 and if the queen moves away, he even won a tempo. Unfortunately the move fails to a nice tactic by black. [%cal Rc3b2,Rc3a1] } ( 6. Nc3 Bb4 { [%cal Gb4c3,Gb2c3] } 7. Rb1 Qa3 ( 7... Qxc3 8. Bxc3 Bxc3+ 9. Nd2 Bxe5 { was played by GM Aman Hambleton in an over the board game and in many online games. Thats why this variation is also known as the Hambleton Gambit, even if it's not an official name yet. Objectively white must be clearly better, beeing up a queen against two minorpieces and a pawn, but especially in blitzgames Hambleton showed that he is able to play this position for a win. If you want to know more about this variation, check out his chessbrah Youtube channel. } ) 8. Nd5 { [%cal Rd5c7] } 8... Ba5 { [%cal Ga5c7] } 9. Rb5 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 Kd8 { protecting the c7 pawn } 11. Ng5 { [%cal Gg5f7] } 11... Nh6 12. f4 { and white is better because blacks pieces are horribly placed, he got no control over the center and his king can no longer castle. [%csl Rh6,Rc8,Rh8,Ra8,Rd8,Gg5,Gd5][%cal Ge2e4,Gf1c4,Ge1g1,Ra3a2] } ) 6... Bb4 $1 { [%cal Gb4e1,Rc3b2] } 7. Qd2 Bxc3 8. Qxc3 $4 ( 8. Nxc3 Qxa1+ 9. Nd1 Qxa2 { and black is clearly winning. He's up a rook and a pawn. } ) 8... Qc1# { 4.168 games were won this way on Lichess up to date. } 0-1