3. Bc4 (as pfren mentioned) is a strong, principled developing move.
3. Nc3 is also good, I’m pretty sure.
What I should play against the Damiano Defense?
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Aug 30, 2022
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#23
We play 3.Bc4 and Black plays a bit of garbage. There is 3.d4 which seems strong too.
The problem with 3.Nxe5 can be that we have [by playing Blitz] 3 or 5 minutes on the clock and if we don't know anything about this position that can be tactical/calculus we can give more chance to our opponent.
1) e4-e5 2) Nf3-f6 3) Nxe5
a : 3...fxe5 4) Qh5+ Ke7 5) Qxe5+Kf7 6) Bc4+d5 7) Bxd5+ Kg6 this position is probably losing but if we don't know anything about this position and we'll play weak moves, Black will play a game with 1 knight against 3 pawns.
b : 3...Qe7 4) Nf3-Qxe4+ (if we play 5.Qe2-Qxe2+ that seems to be an equal chance position) 5) Be2 in the end Black seems to have missed their opening. Black risks losing time with a Nc3, f6 blocks the nature square of the Knight and weakens the King, I prefer playing with White
c : 3...Qe7 4) Nf3-d5 5) d3 to be explored
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#24
I remember this game that I played as White with Black using Damiano's defense, which I responded with Nxe5, after which he took back with the f-pawn. Then I did Qh5+, after which he did Ke7, which I responded by taking the e5 pawn with a check. After Kf7, I moved the bishop to c4+, forcing the king to move to g6. After Qf5+ and Kh6, I advanced my d-pawn to reveal a discovery check on the king with my dark-squared bishop, after which he moved his pawn to g5. I responded with h4, after which he responded with Ne7. I could have performed a faster checkmate with Qxg5#, however, I performed hxg5, giving him a double check with my pawn and rook, which, after Kg7, performed Qf7#.
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#25
ethaniswierd456 wrote:
I remember this game that I played as White with Black using Damiano's defense, which I responded with Nxe5, after which he took back with the f-pawn. Then I did Qh5+, after which he did Ke7, which I responded by taking the e5 pawn with a check. After Kf7, I moved the bishop to c4+, forcing the king to move to g6. After Qf5+ and Kh6, I advanced my d-pawn to reveal a discovery check on the king with my dark-squared bishop, after which he moved his pawn to g5. I responded with h4, after which he responded with Ne7. I could have performed a faster checkmate with Qxg5#, however, I performed hxg5, giving him a double check with my pawn and rook, which, after Kg7, performed Qf7#.
This was how I did it so you don't have to read all of this:
3...fxe5 4. Qh5+ g6 5. Qxe5+ Qe7 6. QxR Nf6
where White sure does have a large material advantage, but may have difficulty (especially as a beginner) getting his queen out of the corner. White should take extra care to liberate his queen before Black devises a scheme to recapture. Think Bg5 and/or pawn pushes (especially the g-pawn) down the kingside!