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We’re going to take a look at how you decide the best move in the opening. Here’s a game that started out: 1.e4 g6 2.d4 Bg7 3.c3 d5 4.exd5 Qxd5 5.Nf3 c5 6.Be3 cxd4 7.cxd4 Nh6. Looking at the diagram, what’s your best move here?


Solution:

If you concentrate on the knight moving to f5 to attack your bishop and hit the d4 pawn and thus decide to play 8.Nc3 hitting the queen, you picked a natural move. However, we asked for the best move! The best move is 8.Qc1, which wins a piece or mates.

 


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