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1.e4 e5 2.Qh5 g6

Wayward Queen Attack
a b c d e f g h
8a8 black rookb8 black knightc8 black bishopd8 black queene8 black kingf8 black bishopg8 black knighth8 black rook8
7a7 black pawnb7 black pawnc7 black pawnd7 black pawne7 black kingf7 black pawng7 black kingh7 black pawn7
6a6 black kingb6 black kingc6 black kingd6 black kinge6 black kingf6 black kingg6 black pawnh6 black king6
5a5 black kingb5 black kingc5 black kingd5 black kinge5 black pawnf5 black kingg5 black kingh5 white queen5
4a4 black kingb4 black kingc4 black kingd4 black kinge4 white pawnf4 black kingg4 black kingh4 black king4
3a3 black kingb3 black kingc3 black kingd3 black kinge3 black kingf3 black kingg3 black kingh3 black king3
2a2 white pawnb2 white pawnc2 white pawnd2 white pawne2 black kingf2 white pawng2 white pawnh2 white pawn2
1a1 white rookb1 white knightc1 white bishopd1 black kinge1 white kingf1 white bishopg1 white knighth1 white rook1
a b c d e f g h
Position in Forsyth-Edwards Notation (FEN)

rnbqkbnr/pppp1p1p/6p1/4p2Q/4P3/8/PPPP1PPP/RNB1KBNR w

Moves: 1. e4 e5 2. Qh5 g6

Wayward Queen Attack

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This move is a blunder as it allows 3. Qxe5+! creating a deadly fork to the king and the rook and thus loses that h8 rook. If, however, White blunders and Black plays well, the Queen may be trapped near h8, but this is unlikely.

Instead of playing 2…g6??, 2…Nc6 defends the e-pawn and gives Black a very slight edge due to White’s misplaced queen.

2…Nf6 attacking the Queen thus preventing the famous Scholar's Mate is another idea, though less common. Although this gives White the opportunity to capture on e5, Black in return gains tempos as White’s queen is far from her home and doesn’t have a clear way to get to safe squares such as e2 and d1 safely.

Black also has the ability to play Qe7 attempting to defend the pawn, but it somewhat blunders a whole queen as white can open the bishop to attack the queen on e7 (3. d3/d4, g6 4. Bg5, ...) The queen still has the ability to take, but if the white queen can protect the bishop, the queen will have to go somewhere else, thus it displaces the queen and black is vulnerable to other attacks, if white plays well that is.

If black plays Nc6, then white can play Bc4. The bishop would be vulnerable to attacks, but if black attempts to do any other move than guard the f-pawn, black loses. (3. Bc4, g6 4. Qf3, d6 (or any other move that doesn't protect the f-pawn) ?? 5. Qf7#, 1-0). If g6 is played, white can retreat to f3, and deliver a checkmate that way.

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