Sorry, to repeat myself but the rest of the site is also very interesting, if you know a little french! Many articles about everything from Diemer to Napoleon and back!

http://www.mjae.com/

The correct name is GIBBINS-WEIDENHAGEN GAMBIT.

That would have been a clever explanation but I'm afraid my spelling seems to be about as accurate as much of my chess analysis!  I changed the subject line to reflect the proper spelling.  (I think    )

I called it the Gibbon's Gambit because that's what is was called on the "chesstipster.com" website I mentioned in my original post.  

I like the name "Bogart Gambit" if he was indeed the first to play it!  I don't know if being the first to play it rates higher than playing it a lot and against strong opposition though.  And I don't know if anyone has done the latter either (perhaps Nick Cummings has?).  Anyway, it would certainly make for a more interesting social discussion if it were named after a movie star.  

It may indeed be crazier!  On the other hand I can see how many club players might actually be more comfortable playing the Gibbon's gambit than the Balogh Counter-Gambit.  White gets some open lines, a nice center, and some extra time (probably on the clock too) which is sometimes enough in the world of speed chess.  Actually in many average club games, where mistakes abound, I can see those who would employ it in a regular game as well.  I, however, will not be among those.

I took a quick look to see if this had been discussed before and didn't find any topic's devoted to it.  I guess that's not too surprising since the gambit is almost certainly unsound.  In case your not familiar with the gambit it goes, 1.d4 Nf6 2.g4.  I've seen some other names for the gambit, including "Posioned Spike", "Bronstein Gamibit" (did Bronstein play this?), and "Gibbens-Weidenhagen Gambit".  Nick Cummings (Helmet on ICC) devotes part of his site (http://www.chesstipster.com/) to analysis of this opening.  It was Nick's note on ICC concerning his site that led me to looking into this wild gambit.  His opinion that the gambit is sound is not shared by me but it seems like a good speed chess weapon at least.  My only outing so far against a 2036 blitz rated opponent on ICC went:  1. d4 Nf6 2.g4 Nxg4 3.e4 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.c4 Nb6 6.Nc3 e6 7.Qg4 d6 8.Bd2 Nc6 9.Nf3 h5 10.Qg3  dxe5 11.dxe5 Nb4 12.O-O-O Nd3+ 13.Kb1 Nxc4 14.Bg5 15.Bxd3 Qc6 16.Bxc4 Qxc4 17.Rd8#.

OK, obviously not a good game (and I don't need to see a whole bunch of posts telling me how each side could have played better    ) but the psychological impact seems evident.  Curious to see if this gets any more interest than the last crazy opening I brought up!  (Balogh Counter-Gambit)