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Pete Tamburro on

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This is an old classic, but worth knowing for both sides. It starts out: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nd4 and now White should play 4.Nxd4 followed by castling and d3. Instead, White players have been known to go with the mistake 4.Nxe5. If you’re Black, how do you punish this mistake, although it threatens a knight fork on f7.


Solution:

The answer is counterattack! You play: 4… Qg5 5.Nxf7 Qxg2 6.Rf1 Qxe4+ 7.Be2 Nf3# He could interpose the queen, but what would be the point?

 


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