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Lesson 23
Lesson Goals:
Opening traps
Normally you can be safe by following the general opening principles; however there are famous opening
traps good to know about.
“Petroff defense”
From the starting position: 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3
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White attacks the e5 Pawn. Black now could defend it with 2…Nc6 or 2…d6 but decided to counter
attack with 2…Nf6, which is not a mistake yet. White captured the Pawn 3.Nxe5.
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Now Black should play 3…d6, chasing back White’s Knight first before capturing White’s Pawn on e4.
However, let’s see what is wrong with 3…Nxe4?
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