Chigorin gambit: main line :
Damiano gambit: Chigorin gambit vs 3...Ne7
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Well,
3...fxe5 loses by force.
3...Qe7 almost, with black having trouble to develop
3...Ne7 is the lesser evil (avoiding Qh5 with g6) , when white can simply go back with 4.Nf3, pawn up and better position, Fc4 following.
No more thoughts, studying this is really a waste of time in my opinion.
Mar 20, 2017
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poucin wrote:
Well,
3...fxe5 loses by force.
3...Qe7 almost, with black having trouble to develop
3...Ne7 is the lesser evil (avoiding Qh5 with g6) , when white can simply go back with 4.Nf3, pawn up and better position, Fc4 following.
No more thoughts, studying this is really a waste of time in my opinion.
Thank you, master. 
Well, it's still a bit useful in historical context. Winning / losing positions are also worthy to be studied, not only equal ones. 
Mar 20, 2017
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pfren wrote:
Actually there are a few games where 3...Ne7 was played (3 of them in correspondence chess) and Black scored a respectable 50%... almost, because it's obvious that white forfeited one game in a totally winning position.
What does this mean? Quite simply that white played like an idiot the second game he lost... Still, you can try playing 3...Ne7 OTB, but I'd rather waste my time in a more productive way.
Thanks for your insight.
Apr 16, 2017
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Jul 17, 2017
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Okay, I'm launching the 1st test game (Explorer vs Explorer, 1 displayed line, d=20):
3...Ne7 4. Nc4 (+1.45) d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 (+1.27) 6. Nc3 (+1.21) Be6 (+1.37) 7. Nxd5 Qxd5 (+1.26) 8. Ne3 Qd6 9. d4 (+1.43) Nd7 (+1.49) 10. c3 O-O-O 11. Be2 Nb6 12. O-O (+1.34)
Well, I'll stop here, black has no compensation and white will win the endgame with high probability, 1-0.
Today I studied historical openings
https://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-openings/ramified-core-of-historical-openings
and was interested by possibly the first systematically considered opening: Damiano gambit.
Damiano showed that 3...fxe5 is terrible and Chigorin discovered that 3...Qe7 gives black some survival hopes.
Nowdays engines suggest also 3...Ne7 never played in historical or master games:
Your thoughts?
N.B. (for me) PSCC codes:
2Ee1f Damiano defense
6e2E1f Damiano gambit
6f2Ee Damiano gambit accepted
6e2Ed1f Chigorin gambit: main line
Btw, 2Ed is the Scandinavian pattern in Chigorin gambit.