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".
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.
Ey, we're back at Englund, the chess bit.
Hartlaub-Charlick
Two blokes, not one, like "Jean-Claude".
- Henry Charlick: Australian chess master, 1845–1916.
- Carl (Otto) Hartlaub: German chess‐player/composer, 1869–1929.
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.
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.
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