In this situation, you have 2 possibilites:

1. Ignore the pin and develop your queenside. If ... Bxf3, than Qxf3.

2. Play 1. h3. then, if Bxf3 Qxf3, or if Bh4, not g4 (Weakens the King). Just develop you army and try to deal with the pin calmly.

what lover said, or dont leave the attacking square open, or be2

Don't push h3. It weakens your kingside and he could still maintain the pin. First protect the d pawn with a developing move and keep on developing. The pin isn't doing any major harm.

Two possibilities.

 

1) The most basic move is Bxe2, breaking the pin on the Queen and defending the Knight, this is, however, inadvisable in your situation, as moving your bishop will allow your opponent's Knight on f6 to take your unprotected pawn on e4.

 

2) h3, which forces action from the Bishop, either in the form of a retreat or an attack. 

i would just do c4 and develop, there is no real threat on the pin

 

bhargava1622 wrote:

 

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dxe, dxe 2. b-b5+, c6 3. qxd8, kxd8 4.Nxd4 threatening to fork the king and rook is a possibility. 

You could reciprocate with Bg5.

But I like alextaborn's answer: ignore it, c4, and put Qa4+ in mind as a reserve move for the future.

Don't mess up your castle formation for this - that's what your opponent WANTS you to do ! 

erikido23 wrote: bhargava1622 wrote:

 

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dxe, dxe 2. b-b5+, c6 3. qxd8, kxd8 4.Nxd4 threatening to fork the king and rook is a possibility. 

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I think that if 2. Bb5 black would rather play Nc6, not allowing white to change queens with the loss of the right to castle.

jkor wrote: erikido23 wrote: bhargava1622 wrote:

 

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dxe, dxe 2. b-b5+, c6 3. qxd8, kxd8 4.Nxd4 threatening to fork the king and rook is a possibility. 

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I think that if 2. Bb5 black would rather play Nc6, not allowing white to change queens with the loss of the right to castle.

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then after the exchange of queens the knight can take e4

I like dxe5 dxe5 Bb5+. If the knight imposes, you can trade and double up pawns, and trade queens next. Though I am a "trade down" type of player.

Or the more passive h3. Put the question to the bishop.

jkor wrote: erikido23 wrote: jkor wrote: erikido23 wrote: bhargava1622 wrote:

 

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dxe, dxe 2. b-b5+, c6 3. qxd8, kxd8 4.Nxd4 threatening to fork the king and rook is a possibility. 

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I think that if 2. Bb5 black would rather play Nc6, not allowing white to change queens with the loss of the right to castle.

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then after the exchange of queens the knight can take e4

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I don't think so. It would be mate after 2.Bb5, Nc6 3.Qxd8, Rxd8 4.Nxe4, Rd1#

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 I don't know what your talking about...there is no mate in the future, and I would prefer to deflect Bb5+ with Nd7 followed by c6

Pawn d5 is ok or dxe5 is ok or u could even play c3 or h3 and see what he does with that. Bottom line dont panic! remember ur under no imediate danger so just keep developing and u will work out over time how to defend it.....

I tend to be more aggressive (and maybe less sound). After 1.dxe dxe  2. h3 (if BxN, then QxB) Bh5  3. g4 Bg6  4. Nxe4 - here it gets hairy, for black that is - if ...Nxe4, the NxB; if Bxe4, then Re1; if Bd6, then NxB and white's simply up a pawn and black also has doubled pawns,  which is compensated for, perhaps, by black's slightly better development.  

same as chesslove96

you can develop the rest of your pieces for a good game.  c3 Nd2 Qc2 b3 Bb2 and your pieces all have good pretty good squares. the pin isn't as menacing as it looks. there isn't a real risk from anywhere else and it's not immediately needed for defense. sometimes they're scarier than they really are. there is a book called "My System" by Aron Nimzovitsch that has a pretty good chapter on pins. it's one of my favorite books. everybody should check it out. anyway, good luck.

karibola wrote: jkor wrote: erikido23 wrote: jkor wrote: erikido23 wrote: bhargava1622 wrote:

 

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dxe, dxe 2. b-b5+, c6 3. qxd8, kxd8 4.Nxd4 threatening to fork the king and rook is a possibility. 

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I think that if 2. Bb5 black would rather play Nc6, not allowing white to change queens with the loss of the right to castle.

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then after the exchange of queens the knight can take e4

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I don't think so. It would be mate after 2.Bb5, Nc6 3.Qxd8, Rxd8 4.Nxe4, Rd1#

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 I don't know what your talking about...there is no mate in the future, and I would prefer to deflect Bb5+ with Nd7 followed by c6

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I really just want to see how high I can build this grey chess pyramid.. :D no but if dxe dxe Bb5+, I think playing the bishop back to d7 would be stronger. Bxd7 Nxdt still protecting the e pawn.

hey thanks for the comments..........another thing i would like to know is would it be better to take out his f6 knight with the dark square bishop earlier so tht his bishop would have no support and take the knight away from the castle to another position so tht ha cant place his bishop over there

would it be advisable to place the whit squared white bishop defending the knight instead of its normal development