Englund Gambit: Hartlaub-Charlick Gambit is a chess opening with the ECO code A40, part of the Englund Gambit family. It goes 1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 d6. White opens with 1. d4 (the queen's pawn) and Black answers 1... e5. After 4 moves it is White to move. After the last move White is a pawn ahead in material. The lesson on the board explains every move of the line and lets you play it yourself; it is free.
The moves
1. d4 – White plays the pawn to d4
1... e5 – Black plays the pawn to e5
2. dxe5 – White captures on e5 with the d-pawn
2... d6 – Black plays the pawn to d6
About the Englund Gambit
Black answers 1.d4 with 1...e5, offering a pawn. It is objectively bad but full of traps for unprepared players.
After 2.dxe5 Nc6 3.Nf3 Qe7, Black attacks e5 with pieces.
The famous trap: 4.Bf4? Qb4+ hits both king and b2, winning a rook.
White should play calmly: Nc3, Qd5 or Bd2 avoid the tricks.
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