1.e4 e5 2.f4 f6??

I faced this opening twice the other night at a chess club. I am uncertain as to how exactly I pulled it off but I lost both of them.

Here is how the masters would handle it.


[Event "Paris sim"]
[Site "Paris"]
[Date "1931.??.??"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Alekhine,Alexander"]
[Black "Vardonenko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "C30"]
1.e4 e5 2.f4 f6 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.Nc3 exf4 5.d4 d6 6.Bxf4 f5 7.exf5 Bxf5 8.Bb5 Bd7
9.0-0 a6 10.Bc4 Nf6 11.Ng5 d5 12.Nxd5 Bg4 13.Re1+ Be7 14.Nxf6+ gxf6 15.Qxg4 Qxd4+ 16.Kh1 Qxc4
17.Qh5+ Kd7 18.Qh3+ Ke8 19.Ne6 Nd4 20.Qh5+ Kd7 21.Nxd4 Rad8 22.Qg4+ Ke8 23.Rxe7+ Kxe7 24.Re1+ Kf7
25.Qh5+ Kg8 26.Re8+ Rxe8 27.Qxe8+ Kg7 28.Nf5+ 1-0

[Event "Fischer tour simul"]
[Site "Detroit"]
[Date "1964.02.??"]
[Round "0"]
[White "Fischer,Robert James"]
[Black "Jones,J"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Eco "C30"]
1.e4 e5 2.f4 f6 3.fxe5 Nc6 4.d4 Be7 5.exf6 gxf6 6.Qh5+ Kf8 7.Bc4 Qe8 8.Bh6+
1-0