Main line
The chapter's main line, with the comments from the course.
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 h6
Black stops Ng5 but wastes time with this pawn move. Let's punish it with d4, opening lines while Black falls behind in development.
4. d4
Perfect timing to advance in the center while Black keeps pushing pawns around.
4... exd4 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 dxc3 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7 8. Qd5+
Key lines
The free lines of this chapter, each one trainable move by move.
- Main Line
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 h6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Bc5 6. c3 dxc3 7. Bxf7+ Kxf7 8. Qd5+
- 3...d6
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 d6 4. O-O Be7 5. a4 Nf6 6. d3
- 3...d6
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 d6 4. O-O Bg4 5. c3 Nf6 6. d3 Be7 7. h3 Bh5 8. a4 O-O
- 3...Be7
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Be7 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3
- 3...Nd4
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nd4 4. Nxd4 exd4 5. O-O
- 3...f5
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 f5 4. d4 fxe4 5. Nxe5 d5 6. Bb5 Qd6 7. c4 a6 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. O-O
- 4...d6
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 h6 4. d4 d6 5. dxe5 dxe5 6. Qxd8+ Kxd8 7. Bxf7
- 5...d6
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 h6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O d6 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 Nf6 8. e5
- 5...Nf6
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 h6 4. d4 exd4 5. O-O Nf6 6. e5 Nh7
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