Figures the Gambit King would spot a gambit. Thanks for that, though. This is how I've beaten Qh5 whenever I've seen it.After Bc4, doesn't the move played, g6 still prevent mate and force the queens retreat, after which Nf6 can be played b/c tempo?
Qh5 gets burned. Let this be a Warning.
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Gambitking wrote:
You do realise, don't you, that you dropped a piece quite early in this game, and were dead lost, but only won because your opponent blundered!
Q-R5 (Qh5) is actually a respectable move in some ways... Bernard Parham is famous for it, and so it has often been called the 'Parham Attack' or the 'Matrix Attack'... in fact Hikaru Nakamura even played it!
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The Gambit King
Ummm... dude - the point holds, the opening is good only for surprise purposes. And as for Nf6 being a decent way of handling it on move two, why? Why complicate life for beginners (the intended audience of this post, quite clearly)?
"You do realise, don't you, that you dropped a piece quite early in this game, and were dead lost, but only won because your opponent blundered!"
Could have been earlier but for a generous opponent:
I never said it wan't filled with blunders, it just showed how black can easily turn Qh5 into an even or strong opening for Black. That was the point...
The mid game and endgame, how I went about almost losing and eventually winning is immateriel to the point I was trying to make, which many of the newer and younger players in my area can't understand, that Qh5 is a high risk/high reward opening for white, which, if correctly defended by black, can give black many opportunities.
I like that Nf6 immediately thread. how does it respond to Qg6?
For many newer players, Qh5 can be tempting as white or terrifying as black. Yet I caution, stay away from this opening. It's too easy to be burned as white and fear not defenders, it is easy to beat. Exposing the Queen this early gives black many tempos and often a devastating queenside attack.