The whole question can be circumvented by playing (assuming you're Black) 1.e4 c5 2.Bc4?! e6. The Bowdler Attack, though I prefer to call it the Rasik Variation due to that one article, is considered dubious in comparison to the Open, Closed, Alapin, Grand Prix, etc. The reason is because 2...e6, preparing 3...d5, gives BLack almost immediate equality, like so:
This is the kind of game that I played against frequently whenever I saw 2.Bc4, and I'm glad to say that I have never lost to it in serious competition.I hope this helped!Sicilian defense v B
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May 28, 2010
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Thank you. From my own studies I thought this to be a bad opening for white, but it is played against me repeatedly! I can only assume they are trying for a cheap trick in the opening.
I am always running into this opening when I play the Sicilian Defense. e4 c5 Bc4 knight c3 knight f3 e6.
Usually the bishop does not come to c4 right away but the gist is that the player is looking to gain a fool's mate by bringing the knight up g5. I always play pawn to e6 to keep my opponent off of f7.
I was looking at some openings though, and I saw a common move is to push the e pawn to e5. How can the move to f7 then be prevented? Thank you.