Answers.Body: <blockquote>
    <p>Is it too dangerous for white?</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>Yes.</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>what are the ideas for white?</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>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.</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>And what is the winning percentage for white?</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>In my database it is 19%.</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Is it still played among titled players?</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>No, and it never was (I can find only 2 games where it was played by someone with a rating over 2200).</p>
  
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Body: <p>My question is about Omega Gambit.</p>
  
  <pre><code>[Title "Omega gambit"]
  [fen "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq - 0 1"]
  
  1. d4 Nf6 2. e4 Nxe4
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>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?</p>
  
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Comments.CreationDate: 2014-07-31T11:15:38.573Z
Comments.Text: Come on this is an insane opening !
Comments.UserDisplayName: Niels
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Comments.Text: @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
Comments.UserDisplayName: Lynob
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Comments.Text: 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"
Comments.UserDisplayName: leonbloy
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Comments.Text: Here: http://www.chesscafe.com/text/mcgrew28.pdf (with several blitz games)
Comments.UserDisplayName: leonbloy
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Comments.CreationDate: 2014-07-31T20:13:43.667Z
Comments.Text: @leonbloy Thanks! "Omygosh gambit" is a more fitting name for this gambit! :D
Comments.UserDisplayName: NM Wesley Falcao
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Comments.Text: 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
Comments.UserDisplayName: NM Wesley Falcao
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Comments.Text: Related: the Roscher Gambit, http://chess.stackexchange.com/q/1010/167
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Comments.Text: @ETD yes almost identical
Comments.UserDisplayName: Lynob
Tags: <opening><gambits><1.d4>
Title: Omega Gambit For white
ThreadText: # Omega Gambit For white
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2014-07-31)
  
  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?
  
  **Tags:** opening, gambits, 1.d4
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Come on this is an insane opening !  
  > **username_0**: @username_1 I played it by mistake last night :P so i said wtf am i doing???!! and now i like to learn more about it  
  > **username_2**: 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"  
  > **username_2**: Here: http://www.chesscafe.com/text/mcgrew28.pdf (with several blitz games)  
  > **username_3**: @username_2 Thanks! "Omygosh gambit" is a more fitting name for this gambit! :D  
  > **username_3**: 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  
  > **username_4**: Related: the Roscher Gambit, http://chess.stackexchange.com/q/1010/167  
  > **username_0**: @username_4 yes almost identical  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_5 on 2014-07-31. Score: 8 | Accepted answer
  
  > 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).
  
  
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