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White will answer with 4.Qe2 attacking Black’s Knight on e4.
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Now Black is in trouble. If the Knight moves away from e4, for example 4…Nf6, then White has a
discovered check to win Black’s Queen with 5.Nc6+.

Let’s go back a little to the position after White’s fourth move (see the above diagram).

At the above diagram position, a better defense is (instead of 4…Nf6) 4…d5 protecting the Knight. Then
White attacks the Knight again, (with the Pawn, this time) with 5.d3.

Here the same idea is renewed: if the Black Knight leaves the e4 square then 6.Nc6+ wins the Black
Queen. The best Black can do is play 5...Qe7 and lose only a Pawn after 6.dxe4 Qxe5 7.exd5. Here Black
cannot capture the d5 Pawn because the Black Queen is pinned on the e file.

White is also ends up a Pawn ahead if in the above diagram position, Black tries to counter attack with
4...Qe7. Then, White captures the Black Knight with 5.Qxe4 and after 5...d6 plays 6.d4 dxe5 7.dxe5.

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