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Chess Opening Theory/1. e4/1...e5/2. Bc4/2...Bc5/3. Qh5

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Bishop's Opening Classical Defence
a b c d e f g h
8a8 black rookb8 black knightc8 black bishopd8 black queene8 black kingf8 black kingg8 black knighth8 black rook8
7a7 black pawnb7 black pawnc7 black pawnd7 black pawne7 black kingf7 black pawng7 black pawnh7 black pawn7
6a6 black kingb6 black kingc6 black kingd6 black kinge6 black kingf6 black kingg6 black kingh6 black king6
5a5 black kingb5 black kingc5 black bishopd5 black kinge5 black pawnf5 black kingg5 black kingh5 white queen5
4a4 black kingb4 black kingc4 white bishopd4 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 black kingg1 white knighth1 white rook1
a b c d e f g h
Position in Forsyth-Edwards Notation (FEN)

rnbqk1nr/pppp1ppp/8/2b1p2Q/2B1P3/8/PPPP1PPP/RNB1K1NR b

Moves: 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. Qh5

Bishop's Opening Classical Defence

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3. Qh5 Scholar's Mate variantion

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intresting move. White tries to checkmate.

Black's responses

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  • 3...Qf6 defense of point f7 and counterattack on point f2.
  • 3...Qe7 Unlike 3...Qf6, the f6 square remains free for the knight.

Theory table

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For explanation of theory tables, see theory table and for notation, see algebraic notation..

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Bc5 3. Qh5
3
...
Qe7		 Nf3
Nc6		 =
...
Qf6		 Nf3
Nc6		 =
...
Nc6??		 Qxf7#
...
Nf6??		 Qxf7#

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References

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Wikipedia has related information at Scholars Mate


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