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1. b4
A natural move which prepares to remove the enemy queen
and opens a line for the bishop. The other main candidate
is 1. e4.
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2. f6 Nh6 ?
The only point of this series is that it prevents
the removal of the queen. In this sense it is purely
defensive. A much more testing series is 2. e5 b5, as
played in Cassano-Capezzali.
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3. f4 e4 Nh3
An excellent series which develops the kingside.
White makes the most natural pawn moves and the most
sensible knight move. 3. Bxf6 Bxg7 Bxh8 would be a terrible
mistake after 4. b6 Bxg2 Rxf2 Rxf1#.
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4. b5 Bxe4 d6 c6
This series contains an instructive error. Black
moves his light-squared bishop out into the open to capture
a pawn, but, in so doing, he allows white to capture
his piece without any trouble at all. In general, it is
wise to leave your pieces on their home squares unless
they are going forth to capture a piece of greater value
than themselves. Black cannot play 4. b5 Bxe4 Bxg2 Bxh1
because of the threat of 5. Ng5 Nf7 Bh5 Nd6#. Nor can
he play 4. Kf7 Ng4 Nf2 Nxh1 due to 5. Nc3 Nd5 Nxf6 f5 Ng5#.
A better way to win the e4 pawn than b5 Bxe4 is to play
4. d5 dxe4 e5 b5. In contrast to the game continuation,
black gets to keep his a8 bishop and has a more aggressive
pawn development. White still has the upper hand, though.
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5. g3 Qxe4 Qxh7 Qxh8 Qxf8+
A nice greedy series that eats a bishop, a pawn,
a queen, and a rook in a mere 5 moves! The queens
are fluidly traded, leaving black down a lot of
material. I see no reason, however, why white
should not have preferred g4 over g3.
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6. Kxf8 Ke8 Kd7 Ng4 c5 c4
Black's position is hopeless. He avoids mate but fails
to equalize material at the end of his 6. Therefore
it comes as no surprise that white wins a gargantuan
amount of material on his 7.
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7. f5 Rf4 Rxg4 Rxc4 Rxc8 Rxb8 Rxd8+
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8. Resigns
Black's resignation comes as no surprise. He simply
has no pieces left with which to do anything.
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