Damiano's Defense

1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 f6 is the opening featured today at chessgames.com, The accepted best move 3 Nxe5 is counted as the least effective among four alternatives.

Sam Sloan might be the leading American practitioner.

It’s more of a Surrender than a Defense.

I put this thread here for his benefit. At least one of his games was cited.