Monday, August 6, 2018

Answering student's question on French Defense

The French Defense Question:


If the opening goes :
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5  3 Nc3 Nf6  4. e5 Nfd7  5 Qh5 c5  6.Nf3 ( with  the threat of the dangerous 7. Ng5 )
How does Black refute White's premature  5 Qh5?


The answer:


Against the 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7
5. Qh5 c5 6. Nf3 it can be simply g6, and now White fails to coordinate his Queen and Knight in time to attack f7. 
7. Qg4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nxe5
9. Qg3 Bg7 g6 is also a place for the Bishop to be fianchetted and make pressure on centre. 
10. Bf4 Nbc6 11. Nxc6 Nxc6 12. for example Bd6, to try to delay the castle;  a6
13. O-O-O Ne7 theratening Nf5 and at the same time insisting in castle. 14. Ba3 O-O 15. h4 h5 16. Ne4 Nf5
17. Qh2 Qb6 18. Bxf8 Bxb2+ 19. Kd2 dxe4 with winning position for Black.

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