Chess Opening Theory/1. e4/1...e5/2. Nf3/2...Nc6/3. Bc4/3...Nf6/4. Ng5/4...Nxe4/5. Nxf7
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Position in Forsyth-Edwards Notation (FEN)
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| Moves: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc4 Nf6 4. Ng5 Nxe4 5. Nxf7 | |
| ECO code: C57-C59 | |
| Parent: Italian Game | |
Two Knights Defence
[edit | edit source]5. Nxf7?
[edit | edit source]White takes with their knight, forking the Black queen and rook. This is inferior to capturing with the bishop because Black can create counterplay with the strong move Qh4, threatening checkmate. Here, White's only defense is 6. Qe2 and Black can force a queen trade with 6... Nd4 7. g3 Nxe2 8. gxh4 Nd4
Even after the White knight finally captures the rook with 9. Nxh8, Black has a fork of their own on c2, and with 10. Ke2, the game continues on without any advantage for White.
References
[edit | edit source]- Kasparov, Garry, & Keene, Raymond 1989 Batsford chess openings 2. ISBN 0-8050-3409-9.
- Nunn's Chess Openings. 1999. John Nunn (Editor), Graham Burgess, John Emms, Joe Gallagher. ISBN 1-8574-4221-0.
2. f4
King's gambit
King's gambit
2...exf4
Accepted
Accepted
Other
Declined
Declined
2. Nc3
Vienna
Vienna
Other
1. e4 other
- Barnes ?
- Borg ?
- Corn stalk ??
- Duras ??
- 1...b5 ??
2. c4
Queen's gambit
Queen's gambit
2. other
- Accelerated London
- Colle
- Levitsky !?
- Amazon ?!
- Blackmar-Diemer ?
- Mason ?
- Zurich ??
2. c4 other
2. other:
1. d4 ...other:
Flank
Unorthodox