White has a strong pawn on e5, which hinders black to complete his development. Therefore the Englund gambit is considered as incorrect by most GM's.
This is confrimed also by all variants that I have seen.
Mandelshtam
variations in englund gambit
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Can catch players unaware (I destroyed someone in blitz with it).
But one for live chess I think - as Mandelshtam points out, against good play black gets little for the gambit.
See http://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-openings/englund-gambit2 for an example of an Englund gambit in action
mandelshtam wrote:
White has a strong pawn on e5, which hinders black to complete his development. Therefore the Englund gambit is considered as incorrect by most GM's.
This is confrimed also by all variants that I have seen.
Mandelshtam
englund gambit is never considered correct.It is only used in quick or litz games or against lower rated players. As texapete said it can catch peole unwary and thats all.i have also posted a variant in which it leads black into deep trouble.
different variations in englund gambit.