Identify this opening.

Ramned

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"I like losing" defense?

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The "my Ng8 now has only 1 useful square"

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the "Suicide" Defense?

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why do people play it then - I've had it played against me "often" for such a bad defense.

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In most cases they don't know better.

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1250 at best I believe

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And this?

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I wonder how to tackle it - I've faced it and I take the pawn.

What about the flipped:
1 e4 e5 2 c4 ?? How to play that

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Interestingly enough, it's named after Damiano because he condemned it as a crap opening.

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Originally posted by Ramned
[fen]rnbqkbnr/pppp2pp/5p2/4p3/4P3/5N2/PPPP1PPP/RNBQKB1R[/fen]

For white, this is a dream at blitz level!

White can immediatly go on the attack with Nxe5!

..fxe5? Qh5+ Ke7 [g6? Qxe5+ Qe7 Qxh8] Qxe5+ Kf7 Bc4+ ...

giving white 2 pawns and a strong attack for a Knight...

however, if black plays Qe7 he/she can win the pawn back (but a blitz very few play that)