Black to Play
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- Solution: Heisman first covers the “fork trick” possibility: 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bc4 Nxe4 6.Nxe4 [6.Bxf7+ Kxf7 7.Nxe4 Rf8] 6...d5 7.Bd3 dxe4 8.Bxe4 0–0 9.0–0 Nd7 and points out that Black is OK, but should be aware of the possibility of his king losing the castling privilege. That’s important to point out because I have often pointed out that if a player is uncomfortable with a certain line, he probably shouldn’t play it. Thus, his second possibility is a bit better as after Black plays 5...0-0 and White responds with 6.0-0, Black can now play 6...Nxe4 without having to worry about bishop checks on f7. The last choice is a disaster on several levels: 1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 g6 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.Bc4 Nbd7 6.Bxf7+ [Also quite good is 6.e5 dxe5 7.dxe5 Ng4 (7...Nh5 8.Bxf7+ Kxf7 9.Ng5+ Kg8 10.Qd5+) 8.Bxf7+ Kxf7 9.Ng5+]6...Kxf7 7.Ng5+ Kg8 [7...Kf8 8.Ne6+; 7...Ke8 8.Ne6] 8.Ne6 Qe8 9.Nxc7 Qd8 10.Nxa8. My own game had this happen a little differently: 1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nf3 Bg7 4.Bc4 Nd7 5.Bxf7+ Kxf7 6.Ng5+ Kf6 where Black avoided 7.Qf3# but lost anyway.
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