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How to punish early queen attacks?

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BlunderBear-OG
Jun 22, 2025
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Hello everyone! I want to ask which is the best opening for black if white is going for the early queen attack and scholars mate ?
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BlunderBear-OG
Jun 22, 2025
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#2

Will the French defence help ...

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blueemu
Jun 22, 2025
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#3

The French will prevent those tricks almost completely.

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Sussyguy4890
Jun 22, 2025
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#4
Modern defense too
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GMegasDoux
Jun 24, 2025
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1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 Nc6 3.Bc4 g6 4.Qf3 Nf6 5. Qb3 Nd4 6.Bxf7+ Ke7 7.Qb4+ Kxf7 Black is up a piece for a pawn with a fork on the queen and c2 square which will leed to another fork of king and rook. Otherwise 5.c3 Bg7 6. d3 d6 7.Bg5 O-O 8.Ne2 Be6 black is fully developed and white's queen is suspicious. The pawn break is d4 for white and d5 for black, but if minor pieces are moved then the f file can also have pawn breaks. Black is adopting a Kings Indian/Pirc style set up, white is in an inferior Italian set up with the queen preventing proper development of the king side knight and c3 preventing queen side knight development. Because black is fully developed and castled, but white is not they should open the centre at the next oportunity and bring the rooks to the middle.