A nice little opening novelty

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Avatar of Frankdawg

This game my oppenent really messed up his opening, and I will show you how I punished such things

Avatar of Conquistador

It appears that black has blundered quite a bit, all trying to avoid mainline Italian lines.

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 h6?! loses a tempo

4.d4! Nxd4? and black is lost after 5.Nxe5!

Better would have been 4...exd4, but after 5.Nxd4, the loss of time by black is telling.

I wonder why people go to such lengths to avoid the main lines, even to play such poor moves such as 3...h6. 

Better would be:

3...Nf6-Two Knights Defense

3...Bc5-Main line Italian Game

3...d6-Transposes to a Philador.

3...Be7-Second rate move, but it is solid.