Body: <p>While this is a terrible opening which gives up a pawn for nothing I would like to know if it has a name.</p>
  <p>Wikibooks state that it is called <a href="https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Chess_Opening_Theory/1._e4/1...b5" rel="noreferrer">O'Neill Gambit</a> but its citations lead nowhere. The only citation it has is a <a href="https://www.365chess.com/opening.php?m=3&amp;n=1037&amp;ms=e4.b5&amp;ns=3.1037" rel="noreferrer">365chess page</a> which just says <code>B00: King's Pawn Opening</code></p>
  <p>Is there a reliable source which verifies this? Any idea how it got the name?</p>
  
Tags: <opening><terminology><gambits><1.e4><eco>
Title: is there a name for the opening moves 1. e4 b5?
ThreadText: # is there a name for the opening moves 1. e4 b5?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2023-04-09)
  
  While this is a terrible opening which gives up a pawn for nothing I would like to know if it has a name.
  
  Wikibooks state that it is called [O'Neill Gambit](https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Chess_Opening_Theory/1._e4/1...b5) but its citations lead nowhere. The only citation it has is a [365chess page](https://www.365chess.com/opening.php?m=3&n=1037&ms=e4.b5&ns=3.1037) which just says `B00: King's Pawn Opening`
  
  Is there a reliable source which verifies this? Any idea how it got the name?
  
  **Tags:** opening, terminology, gambits, 1.e4, eco
  
  
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