In this 3 minutes blitz game, I played as the defence side.
This isn't a high Elo game, obviously. 1600–1700ish max, but in sheer entertainment? 3000+ 🤣
We have inaccuracies, mistakes, and blunders crayon-coloured all over the board.
You can use your left and right arrows on your keyboard or use the mouse scroll to see the moves back and forth on the chessboard. But first, click the board.
Proper Street Hawk Chess.
Englund Gambit
The motto is
What if I give you free material from the very beginning?
Englund is taken from Fritz Carl Anton Englund (1871–1933), a Swedish chess player and writer. Do you know "Dancing Queen" by ABBA? Indeed. He wasn't a world champion, but more of an enthusiast with a love for offbeat openings and aggressive lines.
"Dancing Queen" is a song, not a male. But I'm amused by my own typing.
Imagine if it were taken from "England". Well, it would be like someone took London System and smashed it with a chair. I mean "Englund" — the "it" — not "Dancing Queen". How do you sing "London System and Smashed It with a Chair"? What a long title for a song. Oh, let us try that dignifiedly. And a one, and a two.. 🎵 Ooh-ooh, London Systeeeem, and smashed iiit. ⬅️ It doesn't jive.
When we pay attention to "Dancing Queen" music video, everyone is having a plank-spasm. We demand the one you called "Dancing Queen".
Let's pay attention.
Plank-spasm (n.): A convulsive movement of the human body resembling both timber in distress and rhythm in denial, often triggered by exposure to disco, synthpop, or sudden bouts of confidence.
Demand is indifferently noted.
Anybody can be that guy. Young and sweet, only 17. 🤔 See that girl. Which one then? We demand the outro of the song. I mean diggin' the dancing queen... and no other information. Is that sort of... tomb?
Hello? 👀 (Like that song by Lionel Messi. 🎵 Hello? Is it goals you're looking for? ⚽🥅 ⬅️ That song.)
What?
Never mind.
Ey, we're back at Englund, the chess bit.
Hartlaub-Charlick
Two blokes, not one, like "Jean-Claude". Jean-Claude is actually one person. One.
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Henry Charlick: Australian chess master, 1845–1916. Indeed, he didn't reign the world chess from 1845 to 1916 — instead, it's his lifespan. If he reigned from 1845 to 1916, that would be mental. No FIDE can stop me. You found that organisation after I plonking my opponents with e5nuclear wearing checkered robes. As he would be known as the one with unbroken 71-year-long gambit. Wearing checkered robes.No FIDE can stop me. ⬆️ Good for t-shirt. Charlick-style. But without my utterly daft context above, everyone else will side-eye that t-shirt. Oi mate, what's that all about? (Side-eyeing.) ⬅️ That's how we ask question first then side-eye. Then we respond, I plonking my opponents with e5nuclear wearing checkered robes. Then the bloke further enquires, Where's the robe? By golly, this goes nowhere. - Carl (Otto) Hartlaub: German chess‐player/composer, 1869–1929. Similar to above. I mean still a different person.
They are both namesakes for the opening known as the Hartlaub‑Charlick Gambit (a variation of the Englund Gambit: 1. d4 e5 2. dxe5 d6…).
Why not Charlick-Hartlaub? Well, chess openings often take names based on who recorded or popularised them first in literature, not necessarily who played it better. And German-sounding names carried a certain academic or technical flair. Unlike Bob. Hi, Bob. All hail Bob.
As you can see above, Englund was born after Charlick and Hartlaub. Here's the chronology:
Henry Charlick (born 1845) — OG mad lad who played 1. d4 e5 long before it was cool. ➡️ Hartlaub (born 1869) — wrote, recorded, and probably romanticised the madness in chess journals. ➡️ Englund (1871) — tried to make it respectable by writing about it in the early 20th century. The entire gambit ended up being named after him (Englund), though it was likely Charlick who planted the nuclear e5 seed.
Simplified:
Charlick (played it first) ➡️ Hartlaub (documented it) ➡️ Englund (promoted it and got naming rights)
The opening now is called "Englund Gambit: Hartlaub-Charlick Gambit". Reversed in order of appearance.
The 1. d4 e5?! is considered terrible... BUT! Amusing.
Branching
🧐 Accepted
If the opponent accepts it, then 2. dxe5, rightfully.
Then 2... d6. As in, I insist you take my pawn. Please. I beg you.
Continued by 3. exd6 Bxd6, now we're down a pawn with dreams of all-black Ducati Monster and voltage.
All good.
🧐 Declined
If the opponent declines it, we will end up in... a mostly regular position with a limp bishop and sad centre.
The game becomes more positional rather than hiccups festival.
Hello by Lionel Messi
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