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In this position, white is trying to get a, "Scholar's Mate." I used to feel offended when my opponent attempted this dirty but was told to, "let it go", by chesskingdom64.

Not necessarily. They could be looking to transpose into a sound opening.

If I were white, I would have considered 2...e6, but this also works, as it prevents the, "Four Move Trick".

The scholars mate only works against weaker players. I am happy when opponents try it because I can get an edge. And ...e6 is not possible.

@jkarp: as dmaestro said, 2...e6 is not possible because Black has played 1...e5 instead of, for example, the Sicilian.

This is the reason that 2...e6 would have been better. In this position, it is still possible to get a, "Scholars Mate".

Not really jkarp. If you can tempt your opponent to try it here and they fall for it, all the better. It is a disadvantage to try for it against a skilled player. That is what this game shows.

That is how I lost a chess game to a different. That was, btw, my worst chess game, on this site and one of my first annotations. However, you do not need a c6 knight, if you play 2...e6.

Jkarp, black can't play e6, it is impossible. And the scholars mate is a duffer's opening, nothing to fear at all.

Black has played nc6, if he played something like bc4 or something instead of nc6, I recommend Qf6

get out jkarp this is the annotation of the opening played by the black e5 as his 2nd move.....then y u always saying to play e6 e6........go man....an give ur comment in that opening.....

Wo, I see that white is still hoping to for an early mate, in this position. That would shock me, as a chess player, if someone still tried for an early mate after a, "Four Move Trick" attempt.

What is the small advantage?

The first move gives white a slight edge. White has thrown that away in a silly attempt to get scholars mate.

White can still try for the f7 pawn with 5. Qb3. However this is easily refuted by 5... Nd4! If 6. Bxf7+? Ke7 7. Qc4 b5 and White will lose the Bishop

In this position, white will be forced to play 6.Qd1. Otherwise, he or she will loose his or her queen.

No, jkarp, they can move the Q elsewhere but they can't protect c2, that is the point.

Those are the reasons that this move was forced. I was thinking of the exact same thing. As a result, white has just lost another important tempo.

! That is a very good fork, but I would have done on my third move, if I were black.

If you had done it on your third move you would have lost a pawn, jkarp.

What about 7.Bb5+? Then, 7...Bd7 8.Bxd7+ 8...Nxd7 and everything is still even, material wise.

No jkarp, black plays ...c6. The bishop is attacked and then has to move back to e2.

Bb5+ Nxb5 :0)

That would be called a Deflective Sacrifice. That is how I beat an opponent, at one point, and it is mentioned in one of my latest annotations.

Still that, allowing the check on c2, is better than allowing the attack to continue on the king.

How will this sac become deflective4 and win the game?

It is not deflective, Jkarp, It opens up the King to a devastating attack.

I do not see where white's queen was attacked.

If the King did not take the N the trapped Queen on d1 was lost, jkarp.

hahahaha nice!

I enjoyed the puzzle. In addition, this was one of my favorite annotations. White played this game extremely well. @binblaster:I have an important question. In the past, I have tried to copy and paste chess puzzles into annotations and/or forums, without luck. How did you copy and paste the puzzle into this annotation? After all, you were very successful in getting the puzzle, in this annotation.

Alternative link to the puzzle: puzzle #60120 @Jkarp the code for linking to a puzzle on gameknot is "pz=" followed by the puzzle number.