How to Correctly Defend against Queen's Wayward Attack-

Okay, If you have just started playing chess, you have probably seen this opening: 1. e4, e5, 2. Qh5. This is called the Queen's Wayward Attack, or, it's nickname, "The four-move-checkmate." This is a "classic" in beginner chess, but if you know how to defend it, you will never fall to it's shocking mate. 

There are many ways to defend this opening. 

Some things not to do: Never play 2. g6. Why? When 3. Qxe5+ happens, you will not only lose a pawn, but a rook as well, after 3. Qe7, 4. Qxh8.

How to defend:

One way to defend is 2. Qf6, Which after 3. Bc4, your queen blocks 4. Qxf2#. Another is to go 2. Qe6, but the best option is 2. Nc6. Moving that knight to c6 defends the e5 pawn that is hanging, but also after 3. Bc4, NOW you can go 3. g6! (finally)  and the queen can not take e5 as it is defended by your knight!!! Super Satisfying, right??? 

Your opponent thinks, then retreats to 4. Qf3, trying once again to target that weak f7 square, but you can stop that as well, after 4. Nf6. 

Now after this, they may go 5. Qb3, AGAIN hitting that poor f7 square. Block this with 5. Nd4 and then... Look at the board below and watch White get destroyed!!!