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2.g4: the gambit to shelve

2.g4: 5 games, 20%. After 2…Nxg4 3.e4, 3 games, 0%. The engine puts you behind from your second move. You have nothing to gain in this chapter, except the decision to stop playing it.

Review: your g3 bishop has just been taken by the h5 knight. You recapture…