Early queen attacks and Scholar's mate
At club level the most common way to lose with 1…e5 is an early mate on f7. White brings the queen to h5 or f3 and the bishop to c4. Defend calmly with developing moves — …Nc6, …g6, …Nf6 — and the early queen becomes a target.
- 9 min
- 1 step
- Lesson 123 of 132
Picking up where you left off.
Three lines, one of them core:
- Wayward Queen 2.Qh5: …Nc6, …g6, …Nf6 (core)
- Wayward Queen 5.g4? Nd4! (important)
- Bishop’s Opening Scholar try: 3.Qf3 Nf6 (important)
Learn takes up to five new lines at a time, core lines first. When the chapter is learned, practise it from memory.
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