Improve Your Chess with the Right Chess Moves: 

Develop Your Chess Pieces Quickly

Opening Chess Trap 2

1.e4 e5

2.Nf3
Developing a piece quickly, while attacking the enemy pawn on e5)

2...d6 defending the pawn, but restricting the development of the king bishop pawn. This is Philidor's Defense.

3.d4
Controlling the center and opening up the diagonal for the queen bishop.

3...f6?!
Black is getting behind in development. He should develop a piece with 3...Nf6 or 3...Nc6
or 3...Nd7 or 3...Bg4. If 3...exd4 4.Nxd4 and White still controls the center.

4.Bc4
White develops the king bishop rapidly to the square that can do the most damage while controlling the center.

4...Ne7?
Black is ignoring development and should play 4...Nc6 followed by5...Bg4. Now Black loses a pawn at least.

5.dxe5
White wins material, controls the center, and has developed his pieces quickly.

5...dxe5??
Black had to give up the pawn and play 5...Ng8 to defend all the threats. If 5...fxe5 6.Nxe5 with the same threat as in the game.

6.Bf7+!
And Black loses his Queen for a Bishop. After 6...Kxf7 the only move 7.Qxd8 wins the Queen. Black lost because of slow development and not seeing the threat on the unprotected King.

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