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trigs

i was studying some game opening theory and my software seemed to overlook this series of moves. am i missing something? what do you think?

Mainline_Novelty

Re8 pinning the Queen

Variable

Yes I think that is the point, otherwise, the knight would just take knight ... but because of the pin, there is no need.

EnoneBlue

how about 7. Qd5+ for white instead of taking the knight right away?

trigs

you are right. better i think is 7. Qf4+ followed by 8. Nxe4

Mainline_Novelty
trigs wrote:

you are right. better i think is 7. Qf4+ followed by 8. Nxe4


Qf4+ Nf6

camembert

The biggest problem is that after 6. Qxe5, Black can simply play 6. ...Nf6. Everything is safe, and Black keeps the extra piece.

steely

ah, very tricky