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mrdenn1s
I have come across this sooooo many times as Black. My ranking rovers around 1000 so I am no superstar.
I almost find the tactic wildly disrespectful to the game. Once I discovered that 2. ... Qe7 kills the move, I don't think I have lost a game to this opening.
In fact, on probably 25% of occassions, I am able to trap the queen as White gets greedy, hanging on to this useless tactic
Latest example here. It takes until move 11 for him to realise his tactic is shot. By then, I have developed the whole queenside of the board
What do you guys think?
thecheesykid
You don't even need to play qe7... nc6'll do and white's given away his first-move advantage.
Daeru
Probably even worse than Qh5
LOL...sorry. Qh5 it is. I was reading the board backwards.
The Nc6 move is usually followed by 3. Bc4, trying to mate on f7 at some stage
theREALpro
3...g6 4.Qf3 Nf6 as usual.
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