Famous Chess Openings: Owen's Defence

Hello! Welcome to my second blog in my series: Famous Chess Openings! If you haven't yet seen my previous blog post in this series click here! In today's blog we will be going over the Owen's defense. Let's look at the main line of he Owen's defense:

Let us now look at a game played by the sacrificing legend.... GM Paul Morphy! In this game he is white and he really surprised his opponent! (as always )

The great Paul Morphy!

His game:

But many people don't know the modern variation of it... let's see what is the modern variation and black's trap against the old variation!!!

If you are a white player, you better know how to deal with it and/or react to it! And please look at all the variations because it can help you! 

So what was the best move for black on move no. 8? Well let's find out! (Note: Black is still gonna be worse )

I hope you enjoyed today's blog post and found it much informative! Please share the link if you have used this in one of your games! (online chess) The Owen's defense is a very wonderful opening for both black and white. Black attacks the center while white is trying to occupy and defend the center and very interesting games come out of this opening!

Remember this quote - "If you see a good move, look for a better one" - Emanuel Lasker

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