Omega Gambit For white

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My question is about Omega Gambit.

[Title "Omega gambit"]
[fen "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 Nxe4

Is it too dangerous for white? what are the ideas for white? And what is the winning percentage for white? Is it still played among titled players?

@Niels I played it by mistake last night :P so i said wtf am i doing???!! and now i like to learn more about it — Lynob, Jul 31 '14 at 15:47
Perhaps (I've read somewhere) it's called "Omega gambit" because that's what White thinks at this point: "Omygosh, I've lost a pawn for nothing" — leonbloy, Jul 31 '14 at 19:33
Here: http://www.chesscafe.com/text/mcgrew28.pdf (with several blitz games) — leonbloy, Jul 31 '14 at 19:39
@leonbloy Thanks! "Omygosh gambit" is a more fitting name for this gambit! :D — NM Wesley Falcao, Jul 31 '14 at 20:13
A related gambit is the Blackmar-Diemer Gambit and it's a more serious gambit than the Omega Gambit. It has a decent scoring percentage for White in most lines. http://www.chessgames.com/perl/explorer?node=544615&move=3.5&moves=d4.d5.e4.dxe4.Nc3&nodes=10703.75972.288760.544614.544615 — NM Wesley Falcao, Jul 31 '14 at 20:19
Related: the Roscher Gambit, http://chess.stackexchange.com/q/1010/167 — ETD, Jul 31 '14 at 23:16

score 8 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 31 '14 at 15:26

Is it too dangerous for white?

Yes.

what are the ideas for white?

Try to use your open lines and get good piece play, I suppose. Black is already better, though (up a central pawn with no weaknesses), so you shouldn't expect to succeed.

And what is the winning percentage for white?

In my database it is 19%.

Is it still played among titled players?

No, and it never was (I can find only 2 games where it was played by someone with a rating over 2200).

Omega Gambit For white

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