Ok, I won't do it :)
do not do this opening- major trap

Often, black playes 6 ... d5, blocking the bishop's check and taking away f5 from the white queen. I'm sure mate still follows, as I've played against this a lot (the opening with ... f6 is called the Damiano Opening) and nearly always won.

Well, you can still do it if you want. Whoever said you can't have fun playing inferior chess positions? Play e4 e5 Nf3 f6 Nxe5 Qe7...and have fun.

6...d5 leads to Bxd5 with almost an identical mating series but of different order, perhaps 8. d4 is to come, and with black's king still out in the open, black is still in big trouble.
Poor Damiano....
He refuted tha opening in the 17/18th Century and than had his name attached to it!


This is the Daminano defence - good for surprise value against unprepared opponents at blitz or lightning.

shuttlechess92 wrote:
I spotted this opening play out: 1.e4 e5 2. Nf3 f6??.
This opening is known as Damiano's Defense, named after Pedro Damiano in the 16th century, who correctly identified it as a losing opening.
This involves a knight sacrifice which if taken leads to mate, but if ignored just leads to a lost pawn but a damaged center, nonetheless.
Feel free to ask about any variations
Shuttlechess92