Chess Opening Theory/1. e4/1...e5/2. Qh5/2...Nc6/3. Bc4/3...g6/4. Qf3
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Moves: 1. e4 e5 2. Qh5 Nc6 3. Bc4 g6 4. Qf3 |
Parham Attack
[edit | edit source]4. Qf3
[edit | edit source]White renews the threat of (delayed) Scholar's mate 5.Qxf7# if Black does not prevent this, for example, if 4...Nd4?? to attack the queen, or 4...Bg7?? or 4...d6??. Black’s options are to play 4...Nf6, which successfully blocks the checkmate threat.
Theory table
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1. e4 e5 2. Qh5 Nc6
3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||
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Qf3 Nf6 |
Ne2 Bg7 |
Nbc3 d6 |
d3 O-O |
=/+ | |
Frederiksberg Variation | Qf3 f5 |
Ne2 Nf6 |
Nbc3 d6 |
exf5 Bxf5 |
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References
[edit | edit source]- Illustrated Chess for Children. 1960. Harvey Kidder. Publisher, Doubleday ISBN 0-385-05764-4.
External links
[edit | edit source]- Woody Harrelson vs Garry Kasparov at chessgames.com